Emotional Christianity: In Defense of Forsakenness
Praise be to Jesus, who is our salvation
Not of our own efforts, but of His, as it has always been, and always will be.
Too much, far too much it seems, is given to the strength of our emotions to hold a weight so great as eternity. Surely it will fall, and all have felt the crushing burden of having to carry the weight of their faith, walking seven days a week until they can lay it down at the altar for an hour of sweet temporary relief, only to pick it up and carry it all over again. Worship is a refuge then from ourselves, that we could finally put down what we’ve so long held, and feel a minor relief as we unclench our hands and let them float to the ceiling because we are no longer holding onto our faith. We walk into a worship room like a gas-station to receive what it takes to make it through the days to come. Therefore we dare not ration our spiritual emotion poorly, for if we...