Spiritual Dryness

I don't really feel comfortable opening myself up on blog but now i feel the urge to write about spiritual dryness. As many people would think, i'm not a holy person nor to be considered as one, not quite but there is a desire in me to live a life that Jesus wants me to. In my own personal opinion, i think we all should desire to live that kind of life. Hard. One word to describe it. And especially when you are experiencing some sort of spiritual dryness. I can attest to this. When your prayers seem to be just up somewhere and you wonder where it has gone. Did God actually hear my prayer? Pretty sure He did. But what has happened to it?

I have heard from somebody that when you find it hardest to pray the more we have to force ourselves to pray. Oh boy. This is like forcing food into your stomach and it's rejecting it. Only because our body needs it. Our spirit needs prayers to feed on. Our prayers will feed our spirits that it may continue to live a life that is in Christ. And what do we do when even during our dryness we haven't heard any answer from God?

Patience. Patience is a virtue just like the old adage. And seriously, i'm being impatient right now because i feel my prayers have not been answered. But we continue to hang on to that faith and to that promise that if we abide in Him, He abides in us, and all that is being asked in His name shall be given unto us. That's the beauty of the promise of God. And i continue to hold on to that promise because He would never fail us. Though it may take forever to get an answer from God, we should know that God is suffering with us. This is the time that God allows for suffering to dwell in us because He knows that our soul needs it. Only when the vine is pruned that it is able to bear much fruit. And thru this suffering, we are pruned. That is the beauty of it all. So hold on and continue to pray and continue to desire God.

Happy Monday!!!!