I am feeling Blah.....What is that called?

I am sad that I haven't written a blog in a while -actually the whole month of January. Recently, I have been very passionate about my research with the home and recent opportunities to share that with people. I guess I haven't felt lead to write a blog for a while and have been preoccupied. I have tried many times to sit down, write and nothing ever comes, maybe that is what I am forcing today. Either way, I can't write a blog with out learning something. Well, what I have I been up too for two months? Why haven't I been writing?

It is odd.

It feels odd.

I haven been on this amazing ride with God this year, it has been one of the most fulfilling years. I have been learning, reading and exploring more then I ever have in my life. I have been writing , which is something that I never though I had in me. This blog has come of that year -a testimony of all that He has done for me this year and the things I have learned. Not reading, not learning and not writing about it makes me feel like I am doing something wrong. This year I never thought spiritual dryness ever existed.

Until now.

I am looking at a church website right now that has asked me several questions that I answered yes too. Have you ever been had a spiritual winter blues where life seems dull and going through the motions of a daily routine doesn’t bring much satisfaction? Do you ever fear there might be something wrong with your spiritual walk with God, or you lost something along the way, your spiritual edge and desire?Or your devotional life seems fruitless and all the pizzazz has gone? Oh My! I sound depressed!

 I am just going through something the websites say's is a normal spiritual encounter. Whew, It's normal! There are seven likely causes for this funk to take way.I have been very encouraged by it:


1.Unconfessed Sin in our lives: Sin causes a barrier between us and God. (Psalm 66:18; Psalm 32:1-5; Lamentations 3:40-42,44; Isaiah 1:15; and Isaiah 59:2) We have to confess to God that we have blown it and want to restore our connection to him.

2.An Affective Breakdown: We may not feel God but that doesn't mean he has forgotten you or isn't inside you anymore. Their may be some unresolved issue we have with someone that is making us feel this way. Also, we have mood swings. They could be hormonal or our circumstances have given us a rotten attitude.But we need to realize that life isn't always peaches and God didn't make us to fit in.

3. Another reason for dryness may be Physiological: We really don't feel like praying for serving when, we are sick,exhausted from lacking sleep or feeling anxious. Our mental, physical, emotional and spiritual states are all intertwined.  When we aren't taking care of ourselves  in one area it deeply effects other areas. We need to understand that we are wholistic beings and nurture ourselves in every sense.

4. Underfeeding our Souls: We have made our relationship with God a low notch on the latter, we barely make time for it. We lack intentional communication with God -talking and listening.We need to understand balance and to make God our first priority.

5. Trying to imitate the pattern of someone else: We can always get great ideas from other people but we need to separate that our relationship with God is our own. We can't rely always on other ideas and thoughts of God and his kingdom but figuring it out with God for ourselves. Our relationship with God may change too, don't fear it but embrace it.

6. Life Changes : Things happen like, a death in the family, a life-threatening disease, a severe illness, moving to a new area, changing schools, establishing new friendships and saying goodbye to old friends, divorce, unemployment, pregnancy, newly married, the birth of children and so on. Life happen, things will change us. As humans we fear change and have a hard time believing that God goodness will take care of us. We need to know that God has plan for us, good ones.

7. The last thing that may cause dryness, Spiritual Changes: As we are growing and changes with God we can't stay where we are at. We go from the milk to the meat, Hebrews 5:11-14. We need to stretch, take risks, move and get out of our comfort zones. Maybe that is what God is asking you to do.


I need to sit and be with God and show him my area of dryness to expose my weakness. I need to know that life causes dryness but through that we are always learning something and that is something to blog about!


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