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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Falling Asleep at the Altar
I wonder if I am the only one unfortunate enough to experience this. The speaker gives an altar call. You feel a leading to respond. You head to the front of the room, get to your knees, and the tears begin to fall. You are fully aware of God's presence. You don't want to leave because the connection is incredibly strong. Then you feel your legs becoming a little uncomfortable. You ignore this minor distraction and continue to soak in God's presence. After a few more minutes you decide to switch positions. At that point a person comes to pray for you. You decide to stay in the same position until they finish. They pray and then go to the next person. You swoop your legs out from under you and try and sit Indian style. Suddenly the pain catches up with you. A thousand needles are piercing your legs. Your legs have fallen asleep. You want to remain at the altar and continue to fellowship with God. But, at this moment you can only find yourself praying that God would take the pain away. You forget what the altar call was about. All you can do now is feel this extreme pain. You try moving to different positions, but this action accomplishes nothing. When the pain finally goes away everyone else is off the floor, the music has stopped, and the lights go up. You have missed at least 2 to 3 minutes of a God encounter because your legs were screaming at you. Anyone else experience this?
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3 comments:
Ha! Well... not to that extreme. But yes... I've experienced my legs going numb at the altar... that's when I shift to a new position.
haha that's funny. i've totally had that happen. happens while i'm praying at home too if i'm not paying attention. i usually notice it when i go to get up and my legs give out and buckle and i about fall on my head.
I've had that happen many times in my life!!! Back in the revival days, we'd go to the first bench and continue praying then once the legs came back to life, we'd not kneel anymore but stand at the altar. Some would even skip the bench time...lol.
I have that happen all the time though.
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