quietthinker
Well-Known Member
Mike... Yes, I find it embarrassing as well. I've concluded that God has people in these fellowships but the practices they engage in does not draw me. For me God is a God of order without display. I have never felt at peace in those surroundings.I have recently been trying to 'fit in' with a local ultra charismatic church.
The worship singing is all very 'foreign' and embarrassing to my conservative introverted nature.
A lady next to me was muttering and whining and flung out her arms in 'worship' with such enthusiasm that she nearly dislodged my glasses. Elsewhere members were gesticulating, speaking in tongues, and making other noises, with complete disregard to one another. And all the time the worship team were repeating what they were singing as if such repetition were an essential part of arousing the Holy Spirit to his 'uplifting' duties.
I must keep persevering to see if I can eventually adjust to what otherwise seems to be a nice group of Believers.