Dryness

 In the spiritual journey we sometimes run into dryness.  This is when we don’t feel like doing something that we know is good.  We have no positive feeling for it.  But we don’t let feelings control our actions.  We pray when we don’t feel like praying.  The Will is important here.  We simply will ourselves, decide to pray, which we know is the correct response.  A person in recovery does not wait around until they feel like going to a meeting.  They just go.  A Christian does not wait around on Sunday until they feel like going to worship.  They simply go.  I don’t always feel like praying or being selfless, or helpful to another person.  I do it as an act of the will.  Nor do I try to feel good about the good I may do.  My Higher Power is at work.  I need trust and humility.