Stuck in a Rut…
Have you ever felt like this?! Have you ever just been stuck? I don’t mean stuck in the snow or even stuck somewhere in the sand where you can not get out, but stuck in the routine of all that is going on around you. It is almost as if you know exactly everything that is going to happen tomorrow and even the next day just because everything is planned out in advance for you. You begin to miss the anticipation and even the joy of new things.
I recently have experienced a bit of these thoughts and emotions. I have put a daily schedule in my life to make me balanced both physically and even mentally. It is great actually, but it can lack anticipation and excitement for what the next day holds. It gets boring and monotonous. It makes me long for the next big thing for and exciting event to happen off guard! I think schedule and balance are great and we should all have it to some degree in our lives. But how do we break up the cycle so that we anticipate and long for a fresh new day of possibilities!
Through this experience of fighting monotony, it made me think about my walk and dedication to God. I recently finished a class in my master’s program on Spiritual formation. This class focused on steps and even elements that must be apart of our life for Spiritual maturity. I long for these things, and I find myself wanting more and more of all of these elements in my life. But my questions is, how do I keep my daily walk with the Lord fresh and exciting?! How do I wake up everyday ready to tackle my life and my walk with God with much anticipation and excitement! I don’t want to be stuck in a rut with my relationship with the creator of the universe. I want to always be desiring more and more of Him. I just do not want my time with Him to be simply routine. I want to always long for freshness and excitement!
What are some ways that you keep rotuine and anticipation in your daily life?
In your walk with God, how do you desire Him daily?
What are ways that you are working to understand this idea of anticipation for life and God always fresh and exciting?
Great post Josh! One of the things I try to do is every so often try to spend some time with God in a different place. That might be outdoors walking a nature trail or maybe even a different room of the house. It helps me break up the monotony.
I can agree with you on this because I’m a very organized person as well. For me, I have a whiteboard with my weekly events on it and that way I’m able to follow to see what I have planned. But I do notice many things that are the same throughout my week, like walking my dog x2 a day and hw and school and what not. For my walk with God I tend to speak to Him more in the morning when I have time for just us 2 when I walk my dog. I get up and take Luna out and that’s when I ask God and talk and pray to Him.
josh u need to write again