I think as a woman and especially as a mom, we can relate to the times we find ourselves in a funk. I feel like I have been resting in one over the last few weeks. Maybe you could tell from my lack of writing. I wish I could say the reason for it, but I don’t even know for sure. It could be that I am unsatisfied with my work or maybe even unsure of what direction I should be taking in life. I guess I’m going to blame it on hormones, or at least that’s always my husband’s response. With this funk though, I have kept to myself not wanting really to socialize with anyone, not even with God.
I know that I should be communicating with God every day, but sometimes I’m not even sure what to say. He knows my heart, my thoughts, and my struggles, and there are times I just don’t feel like talking about them with Him. There are days I simply say, “I love you” and “thank you.”
So, when you don’t feel like praying, how can you still feel the presence of God? How about from the simple act of closing your eyes? I have found that closing my eyes for a brief moment allows my soul to breathe. I whisper, “Jesus, you know me,” and I close my eyes and then I lean into His arms.
Even when we don’t feel like praying, He is praying for us. Romans 8:26 says, “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.”
