Several weeks ago, a good friend wrote an email to me with this subject line “Time To Post”.  That was all he said…oh yea, and he also offered a quick link to my editing page just to make it easier.  I thought about writing for many days, which turned into weeks, which has now turned into months…and I still am not sure what to say.  I suppose this may be one of those “silent times” in my life when I am not hearing all that is being said, or in this case whispered.  Maybe I have been in a “slump” and just not feeling the groove of writing my personal thoughts and sharing my feelings with the world, or at least those few who actually read our blogs.  I have often wondered if this blog site / web site would actually work for us, or if it would be a flaming fire for the firs few months and then slowly burn out.  That is actually how I have been feeling lately…a fire that has almost gone out.  Kind of dry, kind of unenergetic, kind of wandering around – just waiting for the a slight breeze to come along and reignite the fire that lies within the coals.  These are the times in my life when I definitely don’t feel like sharing about “anything going on in my life”.  Who would want to read about it anyway?  Okay, now that you are all thoroughly depressed by these ramblings…just wait and listen.

Can you hear it?  No, it is not anything that I am saying (or writing), but it is the breeze – or in this case, the wind that is blowing the fire of my life back into flames.  Many refer to this as the Holy Spirit fanning the flames and igniting the coals of our lives, I believe that is also what God is doing in my life.  Suddenly, things seem focused again.  Recently, I have been communicating better with Him again.  How does this happen?  How does our life go through valleys and back up to the tops of mountains, and then back down in the valleys again?  I wish I knew the answer to this question that has alluded me all my life, but I know it happens.  At least it happens to me.  Maybe it happens to you also.  One thing I have noticed is this – when it happens…it will end.  I just need to hang on and not give up.  Wow!  Pretty deep and theological sounding I am sure, but that is what God is teaching me…just don’t give up.  I know that He has not given up on me when I am walking through the valleys and going through the dry times in my life, in fact, that is probably the time when He is closer to me than I realize.  I just need to listen. I just need to rest in Him.  I just need to keep walking and talking and being with Him.