Oh, how I've changed...
Oct. 1st, 2006 12:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deird_ljIt's funny how much your tastes change over the course of a few years.
That statement could be applied to pretty much every area of my life (movies, music, clothing, food, guys) but the bit I'm referring to now is my taste in church services.
In 2000, I spent every Saturday night at a pentacostal church (for non-denominational-savvy people, think high energy, happy-clappy, lots of spontaneous "praise God"s and loud music). And I loved it. I was firmly convinced that the more you loved God the louder you would sing about it, and that traditional church services were completely devoid of passion because people who went to them obviously didn't really believe in God.
And now? I find myself getting closest to God when I'm reading set prayers out of a book, and this morning I caught myself thinking "Yay - traditional hymns! Something with HEART in it, rather than meaningless waffle!"
If I'd had to guess, back in 2000, where I'd be in six years time, I don't think I could have picked it.
That statement could be applied to pretty much every area of my life (movies, music, clothing, food, guys) but the bit I'm referring to now is my taste in church services.
In 2000, I spent every Saturday night at a pentacostal church (for non-denominational-savvy people, think high energy, happy-clappy, lots of spontaneous "praise God"s and loud music). And I loved it. I was firmly convinced that the more you loved God the louder you would sing about it, and that traditional church services were completely devoid of passion because people who went to them obviously didn't really believe in God.
And now? I find myself getting closest to God when I'm reading set prayers out of a book, and this morning I caught myself thinking "Yay - traditional hymns! Something with HEART in it, rather than meaningless waffle!"
If I'd had to guess, back in 2000, where I'd be in six years time, I don't think I could have picked it.
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Date: 2006-10-05 04:22 am (UTC)Of course, the concept of you taking pride in being high-energy, loud and joyful is not exactly one that's difficult to come to grips with. ;)
Now, all we need is for one other person to comment on this entry, and you'll have a flat two comments on every single one of your last ten entries. :) I'm an easily amused mathematician, does it show?