I am in a season of dry bones. I haven’t been making my relationship with God a priority. Even right now as I’m writing this my heart is not really looking towards Christ. I just want to pull away and hide. I don’t really know why? Is it laziness? A lack of motivation? I just can’t seem to pull myself out of the funk I’m in. I’ve recently been ill and had to stay home for several days. Somewhere in that I became apathetic about everything. I don’t want to exert energy to much. Maybe it’s due to the unbelievable fatigue I have had. I am starting to feel better, though. So shouldn’t I get back to being somewhat normal again? I think I stopped doing what helps me to keep my eyes on Jesus. I haven’t been praying, reading God’s Word, listening to worship music, or going to church. These are the habits I know that keep me healthy.

The whole time I was down I just watched TV. If I wasn’t asleep I was watching one mundane show after another with no benefit to my soul at all. In fact I watched the Alien Files till I am now an expert on all things extraterrestrial. Not because I believe any of it but just because it was mind numbing. Just silliness to distract me from feeling so ill. I was so sick I was actually having to consider my own mortality. My body felt so weak. I never have felt so at the mercy of my human limitations before. It really scared and frustrated me.

Instead of looking towards the One who would actually fill me, strengthen me, and heal me I have checked out. This has dried out my bones and my passion for life. I know God is the author of life so he is the one I should have looked to. I know that this is a slow death for me. I’m starving myself of the rich nutrients found in God’s word.

So by a shear act of obedience I will start force feeding myself. I know that diving in the cool refreshing waters can be shocking at first but the exhilaration you feel after is restorative. It brings every fiber of my body to life. The living Word of God is the cure for my dry bones. Bones that are weary and worn will be renewed.

” As we call out to dry bones come alive, come alive. We call out to dead hearts come alive, come alive. Up out of the ashes let us see and army rise. We call out to dry bones , come alive.”  (Lauren Daigle…Come Alive)