These past few weeks I have been in a dry season. Do you ever go through that? You know God can hear you, but you just can't feel Him. I went through that. I have prayed countless prayers, worshipped to multiple songs, and opened up my Bible app over and over again these last few weeks. I just wanted Him to speak to me.
Christians will go through or have gone through what I went through. Jesus went through it. Jesus was on the cross, next to two thieves, and in John 19:28 it tells us this: After this, Jesus, knowing all that was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), "I thirst." When we can't hear God, we get frustrated and upset. We cry out to the Lord and ask "why?" We think we are the only ones not understanding and feeling God. It's upsetting, especially when you look around you and find people hearing from God & having God speak to them. Jesus felt the same way when He was the Son of God. He felt His own Father had shunned Him. He thirsted for God, to hear from Him and to understand. The only way I am able to pull myself through the dry season and not get frustrated with God, is to think of it as a test. I tell myself that I have to remain faithful even when I can't feel Him. I have to rely on God and know that He is my defender. I have to praise Him, when I can't feel Him. When I can't see Him moving and when I can't hear from Him, I give Him the praise and the glory anyway. I am not an open person, so when I write blogs like this, it's kind of hard. It's hard sharing my personal stories of things I have gone through or what I am going through. Some things I choose not to share right now, but God may speak to me and lead me to share later on. This week I wanted to touch on my "dry season" because I know many people will go through the same thing and I really do know how hard it is. But, I also wanted to touch on something else. If I hadn't written this blog post about my personal relationship with God, you probably wouldn't know that I was struggling to listen to God and hear Him speak to me. If you looked on my Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, etc., you wouldn't see the struggles that I go through and the challenges I face on a day to day basis. The way my pastor put it is, our social media life is "fake" & a "highlight real." The things that we choose to share are the good things that happen to us. We talk about the brand new house we just bought, the job we just got offered, or the picture perfect friends and relationships we have. We never post about the struggles, lies, and temptation the devil tries to throw our way. I went around the world to say, you don't know someone based off of their social media. You don't know what they go through and you definitely don't know what goes on behind closed doors. You don't know where someone is in their walk with Christ and you don't know who is going through the exact situation you are facing. If you are going through that "dry season", please click the prayer request button so I can pray for you. You will make it out, I promise. I have been where you are. Stay strong! Don't give up. I love you all and pray for everyone who reads this. - aliiiii b❤️
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