My predominant spritual style is rational and my opposite style is enthusiastic. The "peril" of my spiritual style is intellectualism. "Only those aspects of God that have successfully pass through the filter of your own logical system of explanation, are approved as valid." I relate to spirituality through the "earthiness" on the mental and intellectual side. That opposite style, enthusiastic, relate to spirituality through their charismatic "arms up" style.
Funny, in college I sang in a Gospel choir, and I loved it! I was one of maybe two or three white people in the choir (and you can barely classify me as white, maybe translucent is a better term). Yet, it was the music and the harmonies of the choir that I felt blessed by, not necessarily the passionate prayer, clapping and arm waving that would accompany our singing.
So, what does all this have to do with Zephaniah 3? I can really see the passion in the final verses of this chapter. They are the enthusiastic "all praise" that many of the prophets and psalms have. But all of a sudden, I can understand more clearly why in passages like that I can't really feel the passion of the author. Because its too much for me. I like Habakkuk, with his controlled poetic prose vs. Zephaniah where his emotions take over his writing.
I love this stuff!
Just in case you didn't believe me:
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