Empty.
What do you do when your passion for the Lord has disappeared? What do you do when you feel empty, dry and numb and because of that, you feel like you have nothing to give? What do you do when guilt and fear of failure cloud the truth of God’s great love and grace? This is where I am right now and it’s a painful place to be. Yet, as I’ve started to talk about these emotions I’m experiencing, I’m strangely comforted by the fact that everyone who follows Christ, has experienced the same struggles. How did I get to this place? The answer that keeps popping up is simple, but complicated. I’ve been so distracted. It hasn’t been just one distraction. It’s been many; big ones and small ones. Life is busy, and there is always something fighting for our attention and time. The problem is I didn’t fully realize how distracted I was and how much it was affecting my relationship with God. Until last week that is… This past week when I was supposed to lead ...