Alv's Álfheimr

Feeling Dry

She believed in Christ when she was 10. Coming from a MG background, I guess the daily and constant preaching of the word will somehow get into your head. She worships at NCC. Initially, she was fervent; enjoy listening to the sermons, doing her devotions daily, faithfully. But it all changed when her dad left church 3 years ago. Reasons, unknown. Her dad serves in 3 different ministries, and yet backslided. Though he has returned to the faith, it was too much for a young girl and it affected her faith tremendously. Now, she attends the activities, camps and services simply because her friends are there. Remove the friend factor; she couldn’t care less about going. She feels that her faith is dry. With so much questions and doubts in her, she is slowly embarking on a back sliding road and none of her friends knows about it.

What she is going through sounds very familiar to me. Period of dryness, not being able to see the purpose of worshipping, just wanting to live a life of your own and to make matters worst, your dad once left the faith, which will cast numerous quires in your head.

Dryness. Too much head knowledge and little heart experience. Listen but not doing. Understanding but not obeying. Thus, after awhile, everything will become a routine, mundane, meaningless.

posted by aLv @ 2:12 PM