God made me cry!

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Just a moment ago I was praying to the Lord Jesus Christ about the spiritual dryness I have been struggling with for a while. After I was done praying I got up and left the room, and right when I walked into my bathroom I started to cry, and I fell to my knees. I felt an immense love come over me, and I began to smile and laugh. I have never felt this before! This is amazing! I then went over to my bed and sat back on it, wiping the tears from my eyes, and that’s when I heard a voice inside of me say “I love you, I love you, I love you”.

I just sort of wanted to make my voice heard about this incredible experience. Has anyone else had a moment like this?
 
Yes.

We need those moments of spiritual dryness to help us grow though…look out, it WILL come again. When it does, it’s ok and is a good thing.

We need to love and believe not because we see/feel/hear/understand…we need to be faithful to God regardless.

Faith is an act of the will - remember this.

(Although I know how it is to feel the way you do…it’s very rejuvinating and has its place).

The spiritual life with these happy and dry spots is like The Father teaching us how to walk. He lets go of us and sees what we can do on our own…and right before we stumble, He swoops us up…but look out… He puts us back down again soon . He wants to teach you to walk

God bless
 
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Just a moment ago I was praying to the Lord Jesus Christ about the spiritual dryness I have been struggling with for a while. After I was done praying I got up and left the room, and right when I walked into my bathroom I started to cry, and I fell to my knees. I felt an immense love come over me, and I began to smile and laugh. I have never felt this before! This is amazing! I then went over to my bed and sat back on it, wiping the tears from my eyes, and that’s when I heard a voice inside of me say “I love you, I love you, I love you”.

I just sort of wanted to make my voice heard about this incredible experience. Has anyone else had a moment like this?
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I did this morning, not quite as intense as your, but during the consecration at Mass I filled with emotion, for no apparent reason and the tears just came. I was not in anyway emotional before the consecration. This is the first time I have had this experience at Consecration. I have had it quite a few time after receiving the Eucharist. It really leave you overpowered. Just enjoy God’s Presence and awesomeness in the experience.
 
Yes, this happens each time I receive the Eucharist. My daughter is always watching to see if I cry but there is something so powerful and cleansing that it moves me to tears each and every time. This is what makes this sacrament so powerful.
 
I just want to feel God’s presence all the time. He is so powerful and loving!
 
Yes, I have had experiences like this. There are ups and downs in our relationship with God so it can’t be this way all the time.
 
I have also had a similar experience, though it occurred during sleep. Rejoice in it, and try to submit it to memory, so that when you feel sad or “spiritually dry” you will have the memory of it to remind you and help you make it through.
 
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I just want to feel God’s presence all the time. He is so powerful and loving!
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Yes, but the nice part is that He knows exactly when we need to actually feel or be a little overwhelmed with his Presence. It is His choice and His alone. This is a wonderful example of His care for His children to know what we need and exactly when we need it down to the smallest issue in our lives.
 
Yep. I think this is way way way way way more common than any of us knows.
Reasons we don’t generally share:
  • Indescribable - really beyond description.
  • Not measurable and so not possible (right?) … at least that’s what we’re told.
  • Very, very personal. Meant only for us.
  • Not given to us for self-glorification, yet this is risked in sharing.
 
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I just want to feel God’s presence all the time. He is so powerful and loving!
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Please remember that the Lord wants us to make acts of faith in His loving Presence when we do not feel it.
This is how we grow in faith. When He does make us feel His love, thank him, and keep it in your memory to think about it when dryness is there again. He wants us to grow and mature in the faith, and it is beneficial to you to make acts of love and faith when you feel nothing.
 
I remember discussing this with a priest once. He said to me that spiritual dryness is normal, and we should see it as an opportunity to continue reaching out to God. There are times where we can get “addicted” to that feeling of a spiritual high, that high feeling we get where we are experiencing God. He warned me that we need to ask ourselves, what are we seeking, that feeling of spiritual high and joy, or do we seek to be with the one who is the source of those feelings.

We will often go through many spiritual ups and downs, feeling high and low. It’s normal, and it it is a very good feeling to overcome a low point, or patch of spiritual dryness.

The last word this priest gave me was this,
“During these times, be honest with God. If you are frustrated, angry, whatever, let Him know about it. But do not turn your back on Him, because even during your spiritual dryness, He will not, nor will He ever turn his back on you”
 
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