I’ve told you that I am a music minister, so I regularly lead sung prayer, but it became such a regular thing for me, that I was on auto-pilot.  This was a slow realization that crept up on me and shortly after this realization, Ps. 63 came up scriptures for Sunday.

As I first read the Psalm to re familiarize myself with the text and the melody, I recognized what I had been feeling.  I understood that I was in a sort of spiritual desert, going through the motions of prayer.  I felt empty, lifeless and without the nourishment that comes only from God.

It is a great comfort to know that even in a time of spiritual dryness, the Lord is there.  He will not turn from us, and all we have to do is turn back and “knock” for the door to open and we will then be able to once again rejoice in the shadow of his wings.

More on that journey to a state of rejoicing to follow.

Cecilia Carroll
Advent Square Director
Humble Servant and Handmaid of the Lord