A PERIOD OF DRYNESS

WE ALL KNOW ITS HOT OUTSIDE.  IT DOESNT TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO FIGURE THAT OUT.  THE BREEZE IS HOT, THE GRASS IS DRY AND MY FLOWERS SEEM TO BE WILTED EVERY AFTERNOON.  IN THE WINTER, WE WHINED ABOUT THE COLD AND WISHED SUMMER WOULD ARRIVE.  WELL, AS I SAID, IT DOESNT TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO FIGURE OUT THAT SUMMER TIME IS DEFINITELY HERE.  EVERYTHING IS PHYSICALLY DRY, WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE POINT OF MY "NOTE" TODAY.  WE ALL, ON OCCASION EXPERIENCE SPIRITUAL DRYNESS IN OUR LIVES AS WELL, ITS TO BE EXPECTED. 
  
I HAVE EXPERIENCED SOMEWHAT OF A SPIRITUAL DRYNESS THROUGHOUT THE PAST FEW DAYS.  DONT GET ME WRONG, I LOVE THE LORD AND I PLAN TO CONTINUE TO PRAISE HIS NAME NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO COME MY WAY.  WE ARE NEVER PROMISED THAT LIFE WILL BE EASY.  IT IS THROUGH THESE PERIODS OF SPIRITUAL DRYNESS THAT WE MUST PUSH THROUGH IN ORDER TO ENJOY VICTORY.  SPIRITUAL DRYNESS CAN BE PAINFUL AND LONELY.  IT IS DURING THESE TIMES THAT WE MUST REALIZE THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE.  BY ADMITTING THIS, I DONT FEEL IT MAKES ME ANY LESS OF A CHRISTIAN.  IN FACT, THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE FORCED ME TO TURN TO THE LORD MORE THAN EVER.  THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE TAUGHT ME TO SEEK HIS WILL AND HIS PLAN FOR MY LIFE IN A MORE INTENSE WAY.  I HAVE BEEN SHOWN THAT AT TIMES, WE MIGHT FEEL LIKE WE ARE ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, BUT AT OTHER TIMES, WE MIGHT FEEL LIKE THAT MOUNTAIN IS ON TOP OF US.  IT HAPPENS.
  
THE WORD OF GOD IS A MOST DEFINITE CURE FOR SPIRITUAL DRYNESS.  IN FACT, JOHN 7:38 TELLS US "HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME, AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID, OUT OF HIS HEART WILL FLOW RIVERS OF LIVING WATER."  IN FACT, THIS RIVER WILL NEVER RUN DRY.  WHEN WE MISS MEALS, OUR BODIES BECOME PHYSICALLY HUNGRY.  WHEN WE NEGLECT GOD'S WORD, OUR SOUL BECOMES DRY.  THROUGH THE PAST FEW DAYS, THE WORD OF GOD HAS FED MY SOUL.  HIS WORD HAS ENCOURAGED ME, REVEALED THINGS TO ME AND HAS BLESSED ME IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE.  MY BIBLE HAS LED AND GUIDED ME TO VICTORY THROUGH THIS SMALL STORM.  I CANNOT HELP BUT PRAISE HIS NAME! 

PSALM 32:8  I WILL INSTRUCT YOU AND TEACH YOU IN THE WAY YOU SHOULD GO.  I WILL GUIDE YOU WITH MY EYE.

THANKS FOR READING MY "NOTE"
LOVE,
M