What if there's nothing to write?

Hello friends! 

I find myself in a slump.

A few years back, I worked in a corporate office and was part of a ladies' Bible study that met once each week during lunchtime. At some point, I filled in for one of the other ladies while she was out and typed up our prayer requests into an email and sent it out to the group. I included a scripture at the bottom of the email and a few thoughts about the verse. 

My first devotional was born, lol. 

I volunteered to keep going after that first email. I wrote lots of little devotionals, and over the few years I did that, I found myself in slumps, just like the one I'm in today, a couple of times.

My faith is on fire and then it's doused in water. I feel like the Holy Spirit speaks to me through scripture every time I open my Bible and I could write a million little encouragements at the bottom of emails or in blog posts, then my Bible is just...words on a page. Really special words, for sure. Definitely still God's Word and worth every moment spent reading, but lacking special thoughts delivered from the Holy Spirit.

I feel tired, lackluster, and...slumpish.

Before, I'd just muddle through. I'd leave the devotional off of the email and explain to the ladies that I just didn't have anything to say. Everyone understands a slump, right?

This is the first time that I've had a blog, though. The first time I've been writing devotionals consistently, hoping to help at least one person with each post. Praying, "Please, God, let this reach the person that needs it." 

What if there's nothing to write?

How do you "fix" a Faith Slump?

I noticed I had gotten out of the habit of reading my Bible first thing every day and praying for my husband regularly. It started out as one or two days where my family had a different morning schedule, and I read my Bible in the afternoon. Then we had a different all-day schedule, and I didn't get to my Bible at all.

Then I had no reason, I just wasn't reading.

I'm trying to "fix" this by opening my Bible again. 

I don't mean to say that I selfishly want fodder for blog posts. The Bible is not meant to be treated as a content-creating machine in that way. I don't want to fix "what if there's nothing to write," but instead to fix "why does God not feel as close as He did before," and I hope you know what I mean. That you won't misunderstand this post as an ugly twist of the scriptures, but someone in a valley of the ups-and-downs of faith, muddling through whatever is happening here.

How do you get through a Faith Slump? Share your thoughts in the comments below, and maybe we can all learn some new ideas.

All the love,

Emily

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