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I've worshipped in the cathedrals of Europe, my soul swept away by the beauty and grandeur. It was easy to be small and in awe of the majestic holiness of God. Once you've experienced that, it sort of spoils you and any other worship service pales in comparison. I've worshipped alone, prostrate on my face in the living room. I've worshipped in churches where I could sense the deep unity of our worship and the unity of all believers throughout history. I've worshipped in a tiny chapel in the mountains that was inscribed "Holy Ground". (And it was, yes it was!) I've worshipped when I felt as if, for the briefest shadow of a moment, I could almost touch the nail-scarred feet of Jesus. I've worshipped somehow, miraculously, during labor, during a birth of which the mere prospect had filled me with terror. I've even worshipped in a newborn intensive care unit, as I saw my precious son with tubes and needles everywhere, the son few had expected to live through the night.

And I've been to church services that seemed carefully engineered and crafted to produce worship, where I felt as if I were the only one incapable of worship. And I have experienced great dryness of my soul when I was convinced my worthless prayers died the second they left my lips, when I could scarcely bring myself to sing.

I could try to regain those peak "worship experiences" (although I have no desire to repeat the ICU one) and at times I have sought this out. But now I try to focus my worship on declaring the worthiness of God. I have reduced it to simplicity, I hope, in my attempt to worship in spirit and in truth. I still struggle. But someday, in heaven, my sinful self will be stripped away and I will worship face to face.

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