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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Spiritual Dryness
Sometimes we experience a terrible dryness in our spiritual life. We feel no desire to pray, don't experience God's presence, get bored with worship services, and even think that everything we ever believed about God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit is little more than a childhood fairy tale. Then it is important to realise that most of these feelings and thoughts are just feelings and thoughts, and that the Spirit of God dwells beyond our feelings and thoughts. It is a great grace to be able to experience God's presence in our feelings and thoughts, but when we don't, it does not mean that God is absent. It often means that God is calling us to a greater faithfulness. It is precisely in times of spiritual dryness that we must hold on to our spiritual discipline so that we can grow into new intimacy with God.
Henri Nouwen Society
That is exactly how I have been feeling. But it is so difficult to hold on. Not knowing what to do. The other day I remember being led to read 2 Chronicles 3 and tears just flowed. It talks about building the temple of God and it was like God is saying to me that He is making me like that temple. Laid with gold and gem stones. A beautiful place where God Himself will reside. Others will see the beauty of the temple. This is the hope and the encouragement that keeps me going. That He is doing a work in my life.
posted by Janelle at 12:22 AM
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