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"when the music fades. . ."

There are days when you don't feel your faith within you. Not exactly the dark night or barren wilderness, but times when the Christian commitment does not demand an emotive expression. For those who have not understood the difference between joy and happiness, this can often be confused with spiritual dryness. I maintain that they are vastly different.

Sunday past was one of these days when my emotions were more of the "I'm-just-not-in-this" variety than anything else. Even though I was looking forward to the services. Perhaps this would be bothersome to certain individuals but my reflection has brought me to see that this was a time of allowing the noise of an outpouring faith to cease just long enough to hear a still small voice.

And that is what happened.

Through our community of faith we had a moving and memorable worship experience together with our Lord which made the lack of emotion meaningless. For faith goes so much further than emotion and is a call to true commitment and discipleship regardless of the world around us. Or empassioned by the world around us? Or inspired by the world around us?

To identify God as the cause behind all of this is to identify him as the author of creation. This means that when we look at creation we see into the mind of the creator. Life is no different, its experiences and moments become the grand movements of the outworking of a wild imagination. Sometimes the most emotional movements come to dimmed individuals who have grown tired of big shows.