Special Invitation

I’m working on the concept of feeling disconnected with God.  How does the Blah Faith sit with you? Would you know what I’m talking about?

It is frustrating when we know we are not completely turned off by God or doubting His greatness, but we also don’t feel completely sold out in our love for Him.  Blah… I wrote about my experience for She Seeks and my plan of action to Just Show Up even when I don’t wanna.

It is also frustrating when we participate in worship at church and everyone around us seems like they are in perfect communion with Jesus and we just feel…well…blah.  We know He is worthy of passionate worship.  We know our faith only strengthens when we sing and praise His name.  We know all of this, but our heart is not in it.  I would even go so far to say that I feel a bit hypocritical  if I take part in worship, but I’m only going through the motions.  {Kudos to you for just showing up to church and making the effort!}

Let me pitch something out to you.  If we are just not feeling it with in the four walls of church, what about switching it up for awhile?  Rather than depending on your worship band to lead you into meaningful time of worship while you are in a blah kind of mind, find a different place or manner to connect with God. Continue Reading »»

A moment of weakness

Two words: Stomach bug.

Another two words: Not cute.

That is really all I will say to the details of the past four days of my life because who really wants to hear about a girl crying out to Jesus in pure pain while munching on bland saltines and sipping — literally sipping — ginger ale from a Big Gulp.  Again, NOT CUTE.

Once I regained a bit of strength I picked up my Blackberry to check in on Facebook and beg for prayers of healing while I was at it.  Suddenly a wave rushed over me and it was not the wave which I previously alluded to regarding THE BUG.  This was a wave of jealously over a friend’s elated status update.  Then, a wave of anger washed over.  Then a wave of envy.  I could go on but I won’t. Continue Reading »»

Emotions Part 2

Last week I wrote The King Can Handle My Emotions in an effort to touch on how and why I take my anger — and feelings in general — to the King, Jesus.  A sweet blog reader of mine, LyTysha, asked this great question and I’m confident that others have the same feelings.  Here is what she had to say:

“Dialogue with God has always been a struggle for me. When I am mad, sad, angry, happy….I just….can’t seem to find the way to express how I feel to God (and others… I struggle with expressing emotions to others as well). How do I get myself away from this so that I can truly have the FULL relationship with God, dialogue and all?”


I think any thriving relationship requires constant communication.  Our King is always there, always ready to converse with us.  It is our prerogative to show up to the throne for the dialogue.

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