Worship Hunger Pangs

Well, I hate, er, I mean I really dislike those other bloggers out there that have these posts that say something like "well, I hadn't blogged for a while so" or whatever, but yeah I'm guilty of that too. Actually, that was probably the worst sentence ever written in the history of the English language. At any rate, I finally had something to say, so I thought I should say it.

This past weekend we had intended to be away in WV for some family stuff, so we were going to miss worship on Sunday. We actually ended up coming back early due to some sick children, but we missed worship anyway. And as more time went on through Sunday and Monday, I realized that I really missed that time of worship. I don't think I have missed a Sunday worship time since we were away the last 4th of July. And I came to realize that that steady diet of worship had been interrupted. And it was almost the same feeling as if I had skipped a meal and I became hungry. There was an important bit of nourishment that I had missed and my spiritual self had a need, something that required some sustenance. I wonder how often we treat our time with God this way. Do we hunger to be with Him? Do we become thirsty when we have neglected time in His word? Have our praise muscles become soft and flabby because we have not been exercising them? Worshipping our Lord should be something that strengthens us and trims the excess weight. It should involve our entire being (full-body-spirit-mind-soul workout). And it requires some working up to. You can't just jump into mind-blowing awesome fire from on high worship. It takes some time of learning about God's character, and experiencing His presence in the day-to-day places. It takes some meditation and contemplation of His love, His existence, His power. And finally it takes some practiced activity of actually involving ourselves in worship. Then we can start to become well-toned worshipers.

Sorry for the extended metaphor, but I am just really hungry to be in the presence of God's people worshiping him again this coming Lord's day. Be blessed, dear reader.

Amazed by Him,
W2