There's Got To Be More

Sometimes we have to slow down in order to take spiritual inventory and see where we stand with God. Sometimes we have to realize how empty we are before we're willing to be filled. As I looked back at my life, I could see a series of mountaintop experiences where the rain had fallen rich and deep, but there were quite a few dry valleys as well. Famine times when I was so dry and so low emotionally that I barely felt alive. I had the classic sanguine personality when it came to my walk with God. What was wrong with me? When I stopped to think about it, I knew part of the answer. My personal times of devotion were erratic at best. My prayer life was quirky, my reading of the work sporadic. And because I was not spending regular quiet time with God, I was not putting myself in a position to be filled and refilled. No wonder I was running on empty! What it really came down to was I only met with God when I felt like it. And that, I was learning, just wasn't enough. If I wanted to be filled with God on a more consistent basis, I had to determine to let myself be stretched, to make room for the Better Part on a daily basis in my life. And that would mean learning to abandon my emotions as a compass and start exercising my will. (From:Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World)