FEELING CHAINED? By Noel Serrano from the Gala Foundation 2020

 EXPERIENCESRESOURCESRELATIONAL JOURNEYBLOGABOUT US GIVE  BACKWHO WE AREWHAT WE DO NEW RESOURCES: TWO ROADS OUT NOW! What To Do (and Not Do) When You’re Feeling Spiritually Numb  If you haven’t been here, you will be. It’s just a part of the ebb and flow of life. At some point we find ourselves feeling a bit disenchanted. A bit distanced. A bit…apathetic. We don’t want to read our Bibles. We don’t want to go to church. We don’t want to talk to God. We’re just kind of numb.  If you’re in this place, or someone close to you is, here are a few helpful things and some not-helpful things to remember in this season.   Helpful: 1. REMEMBER WHAT IS TRUE REGARDLESS OF YOUR BEHAVIOR OR FEELINGS. When we feel apathetic or numb in our spiritual lives, it’s important that we continue to have a foundation of truth. This protects us from all kinds of lies that will spill into our lives in these seasons. If you have trusted Jesus for your salvation and your life, then you are righteous, holy, fully accepted, eternally loved, and a beloved son or daughter. That’s true when you feel like it and when you don’t. It’s true when you’re “doing all the right things” and when you’re not. Your identity doesn’t change with your seasons. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17