because faith isn't simply emotions

so, a couple of my friends and i drove down to kansas city to check out International House of Prayer (IHOP) this fall break. i got back today at three in the morning and am still trying to process the past 24 hours or so. I'm pretty thankful for the time that i got to spend in the car with derek and john as well as the time in the prayer room. this trip was pretty spontaneous and i decided only a couple of days prior to fall break that i was going to tag along and go with them down to Kansas City. when i prayed to God about it, I felt like he was opening this door and giving me the option of choosing to check out IHOP. and i went, and was blessed and refreshed by the time of prayer and worship . At the same time, however, i felt like God gave me discernment and was teaching me some things, mainly the tendency of a lot of Christians to anchor their faith on emotions and spiritual/emotional highs. now, i'm a pretty emotional person and during this entire time, i was reminded of freshman year in college, a time that was really a point in my life where i was falling more and more in love with Christ. A lot of my growth and new awareness of Christ was hinged on IHOPy emotional highs - it was all so new for me and even though Christ was growing me, I realize that it wasn't the healthiest spiritual state. Because a faith that is hinged on emotions is bound to crash at some point. So anyways, these were some of the thoughts i had while i was visiting IHOP. 

A lot of the time, I feel like i'm barely skimming the surface in my relationship with Christ. God tells me that there is so so so much more and I know that I have yet to hit the part of the iceberg beneath the surface in my walk with him. And yet, I don't want to go deeper in my emotions. I want to find God in the Bible and have himself reveal himself to me. There is more, only i don't want to lose myself in emotions and make the emotional highs an idol. i want my relationship with God to be a balance where i'm loving God both inside and outside my emotions. Does that make sense? Nevertheless, I'm glad that I went and got to grow my friendships with Derek and John. God is so good, and I feel like he's constantly teaching me something new and allowing me to discern what is of His will and what isn't. Jesuuuuuuus - you're the best.