I am having one of those days with nothing really to do. I worked in nursery this morning, so now I am going to Elevation. You know, God time, fellowship all that.
Okay, that is something to talk about. Does anyone else feel taht sometimes they just don't get anything out of a sermon? And I mean, for a long time. I haven't this whole summer. I know, I haven't been to church much lately, but the times I have gone, I have left feeling so empty, so... so unfed.
Is this a bad thing? I mean, is there something wrong with me? It's not that I am going through a desert or whatever people like to call it. Actually I have been reading like crazy in my quiet time and I feel a real desire to read and know more about God every day. But at the same time, I go to church I just can't seem to get anything out of it. I feel sometimes like we are learning, well I don't know. I guess in some ways I wish that we were just learning more about how to follow God deeply and passionately. What that looks like, and how we can better love God with our lives. I just feel I'm not getting that lately at church.
Who knows, maybe the change of a new church and college will be good for a while. I can't quite figure it all out. Though I am totally up for not understanding everything, I have come to find that as one of the beauties of following Christ. But still, this whole emptiness thing is getting weird.
sara
ps, Roger, if I see you soon remind me to tell you about sharing Christ with my mormon friend. I figure you might want to hear the story after our chats about mormonism. it is pretty cool. i think.
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- Sara without an H
- In my Father's house are many dwelling places, if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and recieve you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
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Hey Sara ~ In my experience, God's message is meant to be lived, not just heard... and what I mean is that when I'm feeling flat in church it's because I'm living flat outside. So I try to use those times of flat feelings in church to look at what I'm NOT doing with God outside of church.
Another way to say it is that the life of the message (the sermon) for me comes with excitement of how it applies to what I'm experiencing in my day-to-day life...
So, if this could be true for you, then perhaps something's missing or feeling flat in your day-to-day life right now ??? Maybe culture and demands are pulling you to places that are flat, unchallenging, and unfulfilling?
Just a thought to ponder based on my own experience :~)
hm. something to ponder, I guess. But I don't thhink that's it actually. I mean, I feel like I'm doing really great with God in my day to day. I think it might just be the series we're doing right now. But who knows. I'm not too worried because I am switching churches in a month, so it's nothing to really dwell on.
But thanks for the advice, I'll look into a little more in depth over the next few days
My experience is that there are times in my life when I need to work harder to get things out of a sermon...maybe because they are not new information, and thus don't bring the same amount of excitement with them...maybe because God is using them to speak to someone else, and ...maybe because I've heard it quite a few times, but I haven't really applied it or worked on it enough. A few thoughts...
Another possibility in your case is that God is showing you that even if you don't settle into 1 particular church right away, He will still continue to teach you. Brace yourself...You'll be drinking from God's firehose when you head off to college.
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