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What to do when you’re spiritually empty

October 19, 2012 Ticia 15 Comments

 

This past week I’ve felt like I was running on fumes.  I’ve been running around from place to place and achieving much, but I didn’t feel like I was.  I tried teaching my kids our lessons for the week, and I didn’t feel connected.  I didn’t think they were getting it.

what to do when you're spiritually empty

I’ve spent the week bordering on sick.

 

Then last night I was done.  I couldn’t take any more emotionally.  I was tired, I needed rest and to recharge.

 

I finally did what I should have been doing all week.  At 11:45 last night I talked to my husband about my struggles.  I prayed.  I read my Bible.

 

All week long I’ve been listening to sermons, I’ve been doing spiritual things, but I wasn’t feeding myself the way I knew I needed to be.  I NEED to be in HIS WORD.

 

That’s the whole reason I’m writing this series.  So someone else won’t make the mistake I did, so we can all learn to teach out of the overflow of our hearts.  And I wasn’t.

 

So I stayed up an extra hour last night and read the book of Hosea.  I’ve been needing to read that for weeks.  It’s the next set of lessons I’m supposed to be preparing, the minor prophets, but I’ve been putting it off.

It’s poetry.  I don’t like poetry.

It’s depressing and angry.  I don’t like depressing and angry.

It’s tiring.  I’m already tired.

 

But I read it, and I was energized.  Hosea goes through horrible things.  He has bad news to deliver.  He doesn’t get to deliver bad news with the promise of a future.  But for one verse.  There was one verse I had to copy out last night.

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So my advice when you know you need to recharge?

 

1. Pray.  Take some time to pray and seek God.  Do you have the right priorities?  God will show you what you need to take out.  Have you given yourself enough margin?

2.  Talk to your spouse or a trusted friend.  Jeff pointed out some things that I knew, but didn’t want to admit.  I have some responsibilities that I took on, that I wasn’t supposed to.  It is running me ragged.

3.  Read your Bible.  We all heard the song in church as little kids “Read your Bible, pray every day, and you’ll grow, grow, grow.”  I wasn’t reading my Bible.  I was reading other things, but not my Bible.

4.  Take time to rest.  My body has been throwing fits all week.  I was tired or not feeling well almost every day.  I desperately wanted to rest, but I kept telling myself I had too much to do.  Then I wasted time on Facebook.  Last night I stayed up later than any of the other days this week, and today I woke up earlier, but I feel rested.  Why?  Because I finally obeyed.  I didn’t read Percy Jackson until I couldn’t focus my eyes.  I closed that book and opened my Bible.

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And read it. And I was refreshed.

NOW I am ready to pour God into my kids, because HE has been poured into me.

 

 

Pouring the Bible into your kids

Day 1: Choosing your Bible

Day 2: Finding the right Bible study for you

Day 3: Choosing a children’s Bible

Day 4: Choosing a children’s Bible study

Day 5: What to do when you’re spiritually empty

Day 6: Digging Deeper

Day 7: Live it Out

Day 8: Sing it Loud

Day 9: Act it Out

Day 10: A week in our Bible Study

linking to: Living Intentionally Challenge

Bible family discipleship

Comments

  1. Heather says

    October 19, 2012 at 10:51 am

    So true. I can tell when I haven’t taken the time in the Word like what I should be. I can see when I am running on empty and don’t have anything to pour. Great post!

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  2. Almost Unschoolers says

    October 19, 2012 at 1:31 pm

    Amen to this!

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  3. Joy says

    October 19, 2012 at 5:26 pm

    I know I can tell when I have not been in the Word. Thanks for these great reminders!

    Reply
  4. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    October 19, 2012 at 6:16 pm

    So glad it helped!

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  5. Kela says

    October 19, 2012 at 8:56 pm

    “I’ve been listening to sermons, I’ve been doing spiritual things, but I wasn’t feeding myself the way I knew I needed to be. I NEED to be in HIS WORD.”
    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ THAT was totally me for several weeks! I was going through the motions and not getting fed. Glad you found your spiritual energy!!

    Reply
  6. Alicia says

    October 19, 2012 at 9:57 pm

    Found you through my friend Heather up there. Thinking someone was trying to get a message through to me! Thank you!

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  7. Wonder Mom says

    October 20, 2012 at 12:41 am

    I have SO been there, and am getting close to doing it again- thank you for this reminder- I need to get back into my Bible study again- and be REFRESHED…

    Reply
  8. Annette says

    October 20, 2012 at 8:47 am

    Thank you….off to read the Word.

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  9. Vanessa says

    October 22, 2012 at 5:09 am

    Wow, your week sounds just like my week! I so needed to hear this. Praise God that He DOES recharge us when we turn to Him and get FED. Thanks for posting this.

    Reply
  10. Heather Bowen says

    November 14, 2012 at 10:10 am

    I read this a few weeks ago when you originally posted it and it spoke to me then, but WOW does it speak to me even more now. I had a similar conversation with my husband last night. I woke up this morning and dove right into the Word and my day is going so much more smoothly.

    Thank you so much for linking up to the Living Intentionally Challenge, this post is perfect for it!

    Blessings!

    Reply
  11. Sheeba Jacob says

    February 26, 2020 at 1:30 am

    That was so relatable.Thanks.Yes no other literature but the Bible and no other conversation but prayer can energize us.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      February 26, 2020 at 9:59 pm

      I’m glad to hear it encouraged you. Grab your Bible and go read it! 🙂

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