The question and answer stuff in worship is a lot of fun for me, but it is also stressful. You don’t know what the questions are, and I am always afraid that I am going to say something off the cuff that will come out the wrong way. So I hope if someone was caught off guard by a statement that they will follow up with me.

Even though the Q&A was to wrap up the Sex Series, I thought one of the best question came from the 9:30 gathering, “How can I keep my faith when I am at my wits end?” That is a real struggle for a lot of us. There is so much going on in our lives and God can feel so far away. After taking some time today to reflect on that question I am still sticking with my answer from Sunday.

The answer? You keep doing the things that brought you close to God in the first place. You don’t quit, you don’t give up, and you keep seeking God. Too often what happens is with all the stuff happening God gets put towards the back of the line, and then we wonder where is God, why doesn’t God feel close? Why isn’t God helping? Put God back at the front of the line.

What’s hard is sometimes you do all the stuff you were doing and God doesn’t feel close. In fact it feels as though you’ve only added more stuff to your plate, not less stuff. At that point you’ve got to question, why isn’t God speaking to me, why can’t I hear God, what’s going on? The answers may be difficult because I am willing to bet you are like me, and it isn’t God’s fault it’s mine. I’m too busy to listen. I’m too wrapped up in my stuff to hear. I don’t like God’s answer. I don’t want to do what God wants me to do. Or the worst one, “God, I know I need you in my life, but right now I can’t stop and deal with you I got my own stuff going on.”
Just some thoughts.

Random thought of the day: Don’t you feel sorry for Cub fans!