Can you relate? Why or why not?
What do you do on days when this is what it feels like?
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It's at those times I remember the song “Blessed Be Your Name”, particularly the section, “You give and take away, still my heart will choose to say, Lord, blessed be Your name!”
There have been several occasions where I did not want to worship God, where it felt the weight of the world was on my shoulders, God was taking much away, and my heart was not in it. In essence, I didn't feel like worshiping. However, if there's one thing I've learned in this journey chasing Jesus, it's that what I feel like doing and what I need to be doing do not always sync up. It is at those times where "my heart will choose to say, blessed be Your name".
It can be difficult to even open my mouth to praise Him, but the times I did choose to praise Him despite my circumstance are the times I look back on, after the storm, and stand on as I press forward.
There have been many times I’ve worshiped God, and it has really been manna that kept me going day to day. The times I remember, though, the times that still, to this day, move me are the times I chose to praise Him as my world fell around me. It is those days, worshiping in spirit and in truth, that still move me to this day, and spur me on when darkness surrounds and I find myself not feeling like worshiping God due to my situation.
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