Twice in the last 3 days I’ve lost myself in overwhelming, unexpressable joy. Praise God! (Hadn’t felt that for a few months…)
We have an awesome saviour!
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Freaks me out when I read otherwise sane-seeming adult humans go on like a schoolyard cheerleader for Jesus.
Just saying
Freaks me out when someone goes on like a schoolyard cheerleader for anything, but that’s just me. Good for you, for now, but I wonder whether it’ll hold up when things are down.
Have you checked for anything in the air conditioning?
haha! funny comments
Luke – I was outside on friday (in the city too – ew!!) and last night I was in ‘the hanger’ (church). So I don’t think its the air-con
Healy – I would suggest its possible to go on like a schoolyard cheerleader sanely. In fact, there are situations when it is insane not to. Such as knowing that the creator of the Universe loves you greatly and has poured out abundant mercy so you can know him.
Though, I would also submit that I wasn’t going on like a cheerleader. To lose yourself in joy is very different… It’s not ‘fun’ nor ‘happiness’, its close to ecstasy. You are completely self-aware, yet utterly self-forgetful. You’re in complete control, yet in a multitude of areas you stop caring about controlling yourself (eg what other people think). I doubt people around me knew very much what I felt like, though.
Smart – yeah, a good point; though finding joy in a transcendent God means your joy transcends circumstance. True, things weren’t going terribly, I’m still incredibly fortunate, but its not like its the best time ever for me: I’m in the middle of a massive exam period, I’ve lost over ten thousand dollars on the share market in the last 2 months, and on the first occasion, I was running late
It’s just funny that one can’t easily differentiate between what you say you’re experiencing (and the way you say it!) and what someone with one of a range of many different mental disorders would say.
Not to say that you yourself have a mental imbalance or instability, it’s just… if I were to stick you next to a medically crazy person with the same sort of symptoms, I would most likely find it hard to tell who is insane and who is the one “loving Jesus and having an awesome creator”.
No offence intended of course Hayes (as usual) tis just… people like you freak me out. You sound like a kid who’s eaten 2 packets of skittles too many ^^
And after reading the end of your last comment it’s even harder. You’re having a tough time in life and all of a sudden you’re overcome with intense joy at “having such an awesome saviour” ? Way to keep up the school spirit Mr. Cheerleader
I’m not offended, Healy
Always love to hear your comments.
If, though I am in all respects the same as a lunatic, I am known to be not one, then what’s the problem?
Is it such a stretch to imagine that such joy might be possible? Or that it might transcend circumstance? Is that really such a stretch?