Today was a good day that kind of flew by. I slept pretty late, but I always figure that my body needs a lot of sleep, so that's fine, if a bit annoying. My sister slept even later, though, so I felt all up-and-at-'em.
I had to finish up some homework today, so I had to read a chapter from a book on prayer, and it really gave me some mixed feelings. It was talking about tearful prayer, and that a surfeit of tears is necessary for repentance and closeness to God. It didn't exactly say that you couldn't be close to God without tears, but that's the impression I got, and I call that a bunch of hooey.
Not to say that I don't think brokenness is necessary in our lives, but this author went so far as to say that if, after asking God for this tearful spirit, it doesn't come, you should keep knocking and asking for it, because it is just that important.
I think that if you ask God for a broken and contrite heart, and you mean it, and the weeping just doesn't come, than that is God saying, "That's okay." Sure, examine your heart and make sure you're not being hard and trying to block out things, but move on in joy, already! Sheesh. That author ticked me off and I told my professor so in my reaction.
I also swung by the library to return a few things and see if a book I'm waiting for was in, but it is not yet, so I just grabbed an Entertainment Weekly. I've subscribed to EW on and off for years and years, and every time I cancel I end up subscribing again, because I'm just so sad without it. I'm going to try to keep grabbing it from the library, for now, because I shouldn't need to have it delivered to me to enjoy it. I read them very quickly anyway. I'm already done with the one I got today, thanks to my hour on the elliptical and a few articles I didn't care about (24, Katy Perry, Shrek (double ugh)).
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