Suffering is real, too, and we are obligated to relieve it, not to consider it simply as a state of mind. From his waist up, he looked like gleaming amber, flickering like a fire. When I saw it, I fell face down in the dust . Ezekiel, a priest of YHWH exiled in Babylon, was given this vision of God. In the first three chapters of his book, the prophet gropes for words to describe what he has seen.
Worship is automatic in the face of majesty.
These are vital issues, but even vital issues can become idols. Let us cling to God Himself. You sweep people away like dreams that disappear or like grass that springs up in the morning. In the morning it blooms and flourishes, but by evening it is dry and withered . Even the most influential, most praised, most prominent person will one day die, dependent at the last upon the care of others.