I think God wants to HEAR how we feel.

I think God wants to hear how we feel. True He knows how we feel and He sees how we act but I think the word teaches that we are to use our tongue to speak to God the truth about what is going on with us and do it out loud.

I have been learning a lot lately about praying out loud partly experientially (because I have felt a NEED to CRY OUT LOUD) and partly through reading Bill Gothard's book on this subject. Just read the Psalms and you see how David expressed his heart and mind to God. Even the negatives and the questionings as well as the praises.

I encountered these verses recently: "They followed Him with their tongues only. Their hearts were not loyal to Him." (Psalm 78: 36,37) What struck me is that sometimes our tongues do not speak our true feelings to God. Maybe we should tell God, "I don't feel like following You right now." Sometimes we sin but we tell God we love Him. At least I do.

My tongue and my actions need to be congruent. I don't think that "fake it till you make it" is a Bible verse. Do you?

There are times when I tell God I don't like what has happened. I tell Him I am hurting and I miss Jackie terribly. Sometiimes I am able to come around and also tell Him, "Nevertheless, I am going to go on and seek Your will as long as I have to remain". And I tell Him these things out loud.