Close to God part 4

Feelings are fickle.  Feelings about God are fickle. 
How you feel about God, how you feel about anything will ebb and flow.  That's just how it is.
A person cannot judge their "closeness to God" by feelings.

I have known many people in my life who sing and praise God on Sunday morning and feel close to God.  Then they go out into the week and live a self centered life.  In my opinion, they may feel close to God, but that behavior is not close to God.

Mother Teresa once wrote about a time of doubt in her life....
"The silence and the emptiness is so great--that I look and do not see,--Listen and do not hear."

Even the saints have times when they do not feel it.
Barry Manilow was up, down, trying to get the feeling. 
We humans base way too much on feelings.

So what do we do if we are not feeling it?
Understand that this is normal.  But do something... Get out there and invest in others. Find ways to share the love whether you feel it or not.

The feelings will come back. And they will go, and they will come back.
Being close to God is much more than a feeling.

It's a beautiful day in God's world be sure to see the good.
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Paris-Normandy River Cruise
October 23-31, 2019
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