Feeling low

            One morning I was feeling, oh I don't know..., drab.  It seems an appropriate word.  I just felt drained.  My prayers seemed without oomph.  Somewhere between my heart and my head was a disconnect.  I knew what I wanted to pray about.  And I did.  But somehow something in me said, "You ain't foolin' Him.  He knows you don't feel it today."  I was distracted and I knew not by what.  I was being tested.

            Thank God He grades on a curve.  A pretty gracious one at that.  That morning, when I wasn't up to par spiritually, and I couldn't figure out why I felt so blah, the Father picked up the test paper with my name on it and gave me a grade based on someone else's answers.  You guessed it.  Jesus.  You see, the moment something happens and is gone, it is forgotten.  When we have been bought by the blood of the Lamb He is the only thing the Father sees.  Because God sees the end result.  And the end result for Christians is to be conformed to Christ.

            If you wonder why He can be so good to you when you aren't being so good yourself, don't.  His love and grace for you doesn't depend on you.  He's gonna love you no matter what.  And He'll help you and He'll answer your prayers.  Even when you are feeling drab and blah and you've got no oomph.  Just remember to keep pressing on for the prize.  Don't become content in one place.  Move forward.  Move toward Him.  However small the steps, know that they are double.  For as you come near to God, He will come near to you.

            I love that old saying, "Pick your chin up."  It means don't hang your head in disappointment, sorrow, guilt... whatever.  Stop feeling sorry for yourself.  Well you get the picture.  But the saying had more meaning to me when I came across this little phrase that describes Jesus. 

He is "the glory and the lifter of my head." 

            Every time you feel blah, realize that He wants so badly to lift that chin for you.  Get ready to feel the touch of His hand.

SDG