tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post7587049182267998235..comments2024-01-07T07:39:13.010-06:00Comments on simple felicity: the wind is blowingHappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18060152095194610475noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post-78667729391055276462008-05-21T09:05:00.000-05:002008-05-21T09:05:00.000-05:00the times when I've been in pure worship . . . whe...the times when I've been in pure worship . . . when it felt like the Spirit was so tangibly there we were coated in it . . . it was like a drug high, or perfect sex, or the perfect day with a best friend. All of those. It made SENSE that so much of what we call worship, doesn't get there--but it's like the finger exercises to real music. I'd had some practice, so I was ready enough to get in the way of the real thing when it came my way. And I know that I'll be chasing that for the rest of my life . . .<BR/><BR/>Incidentally--those were not in what I would call "charimatic" settings . . .Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539133854675715353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post-47657641688548039482008-05-21T08:02:00.000-05:002008-05-21T08:02:00.000-05:00lol - pre-coffee comments - leaving words out... t...lol - pre-coffee comments - leaving words out... that should be "it WAS so achingly beautiful..." whoops. :) coffee...must get coffee...Happyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18060152095194610475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post-35384649072889611732008-05-21T08:01:00.000-05:002008-05-21T08:01:00.000-05:00No, but that's ok. Might make a good conversation...No, but that's ok. Might make a good conversation topic on another post someday... I've seen quite a bit of both well-balanced and rather "excessive" charismatic environments myself, and I did walk away from it for a bit. I find myself slowly walking back in, realizing there was more there than I remembered that was good.<BR/><BR/>I am so longing for the day when I hear worship like we will in heaven. There are a couple of other worship scenes in the Vision that just make me Homesick...<BR/><BR/>But while we're on varieties of religious experience - I felt the wind of the Spirit once - at a revival meeting in a Pentecostal church. It was one of the sweetest things ever - so gentle, so peaceful, and it *smelled* wonderful... and it just went on and on... It made me weep it so amazingly beautiful... <BR/><BR/>Yep. Jesus could come back now and I'd be so happy to go Home. Except there's all these people I want to take with me, and they're not ready yet...Happyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18060152095194610475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post-4000330244798652862008-05-21T00:15:00.000-05:002008-05-21T00:15:00.000-05:00"At first there was some discord between the worsh..."At first there was some discord between the worship that was coming from the different levels," writes Joyner, "but after a time, everyone on every level was singing in perfect harmony. Never on earth had I heard anything that beautiful..."<BR/><BR/>I've heard that. Only once. Shhh, don't tell anyone, because I'm supposed to be a post-charismatic. But I can't lie. Incidentally it was at a Vineyard thing.<BR/><BR/>But while I admit the balance in charismata, I have seen major and horrifying excesses too, to the point that I disassociated with it entirely. <BR/><BR/>I know that wasn't really the subject of your post...Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.com