Have you ever felt that your life is just a little bit off?? That something just isn't right, you don't really know what it is, and it's just bugging you out?? This has been the case for me, because over the past two weeks I think I've become slightly in a rut.

Not counting the pure nard post, the last time I recorded my quiet time was on the Wednesday right before Thanksgiving. I know it was only two weeks, but for some reason it's felt like forever. The past two weeks, I see the Bible sitting on my desk, but I have just been ignoring it, and things have just felt off…I can't really explain it. I guess it's sort of like I'm running on empty, just lacking that sense of fulfillment.

God sure does have a sense of humor though. I twisted my ankle playing basketball yesterday, and that was a wake-up call for me. My ankle has been tenderized, and I feel that I am dragging a ball and chain, something that is VERY annoying since I am usually as energetic as a hyperactive 4 year old. God finally smacked some sense into me. Sitting at my desk, lacking mobility, I realized how long it has been since I did my quiet time. Before I began my quiet time, I read all my previous QT recordings. Ironically, the first one was Proverbs 10, and I had written down that a wise person does wise things with ease. If receiving counsel from the Bible is being wise (which it is), it should come easily to one who is wise. At the beginning of the school year, I asked God to make me wiser, and reading the book of Proverbs was a perfect way to start. My quest for wisdom has been a rollercoaster ride, and I've been on a two-week downward slope that hit bottom yesterday. Today is where I try, try again. I don't want to rely on a single event such as winter retreat to jump-start my walk again, I should head into winter retreating walking the walk already.

So, to my faithful readers of pure nard (which is at least one), I hope your walk with God is going well. Keep praying for me, I'll be praying for you

posted by justin at 9:19 PM