In a Rut

A couple of years ago we took a road trip out west.  One of the things on the "must see" list was the Skywalk over the Grand Canyon.  To get there, we found ourselves on a narrow, windy, paved road which turned into a hilly, narrow, rutty, bumpy, very dusty, gravel road which went for 20 something miles.  It wasn't all that pleasant driving on that rutty road.  By being literally in a rut, all the focus was on driving and not too much on the beautiful scenery unfolding as we went....but we knew that at the end of the line was beauty beyond anything we could imagine...the Grand Canyon.

Life gets that way sometimes doesn't it.  Our spiritual lives do too.  We can get into a rut pretty easily as we travel our road of life.  In our daily lives we work to support our families, then we divide the remaining time between trying to be a parent and husband, some recreational activities so we can blow off some steam, and then...of course...some necessary rest.  Day in and day out, not a whole lot changes, and we can easily allow ourselves to feel as if we are in a rut.

In our spiritual lives there is also a lot of sameness involved, though perhaps not so much every day.  We pray, we do our Bible readings, we go to church on Sundays, and maybe even perhaps do a small group.  Even all of that sometimes can have the tendency (in our minds) of becoming "sameness" and then it becomes easy to feel as if we are in a rut spiritually (gasp !).

Since I have been writing this blog, there has been one article posted for each day of the week. (No, it has not been "rut causing", because I have enjoyed it tremendously).  So for a bit of a change up, this posting will actually be a two day posting.  All of the above represents today's post....except for the questions that follow for you to ponder before you read tomorrow's post...Out of the Rut.  So ponder the questions as they impact your life, and tomorrow we will have the sequel:

1. Do I feel as if my life is in a rut....and why?
2. Is my spiritual life in a rut....and why?
3. Am I comfortable with those feelings of being in a rut?
4. What things can I do to change that?
5. What positive impact might those changes have on my relationships with family, friends and God?

Happy homework !!!