worship as a worshipper randoms

i love love love love love gettng lost in the prayers of the people.  responding with 'Lord hear Our prayer'.  having my eyes closed and my body relaxed.  hearing others ask for prayers or give praise.  giving my own praise and concerns.  i love the audience participation.  the time for silence.  ending with the Lord's prayer. 

it all feels so good.

worship teaches me to be silent.  worship teaches me to love god.  worship teaches me to be with others.  worship teaches me to listen.  worship teaches me to love.  worship causes me pause to think.  worship happy, lively, smiling, and content.  worship reminds me to think of others.  worship reminds me to pray for others.  worships helps me to learn about myself and my god and my community. 

i could totally do without so many long plodding sad somber hymns.  i don't mind the odd one here or there, but not every sunday and defnitely not more often then that.

i could also do without turning ubpeat fabulous hymns into plodding somber ones.

i could do with shorter sermons.  heck, i don't even really watch movies that much anymore because my attention span is not long enough.  what i would like to see AKA what i am lacking in my faith development and worship experience is the ability to a) remember what i heard and felt and learned during worship and the sermon and b) to put into practice what i heard and felt and learned during worship and the sermon.

essentially, i need to learn how to live the life i worship in.