Shanghai cast a dry spell on me - spiritually.

I confess, I didn't do my Quiet Time (QT) over there as I forgot to bring my devotional booklet "Our Daily Journey" (okay, I know it is a lame excuse considering that I have the Bible in my mobile phone). Rather than spend time with God, I spent time slowly taking off my thick layers of winter clothes and lying on bed after a tiring day on the tour bus.

I was so spiritually dry that I got impatient, easily agitated and spoke with no wisdom.
I felt horrid too. Can't really explain how lah.

Then I realised how important Christian fellowship was to me when I went to church for service and prayer meeting. I was able to focus my energies on knowing God and His word. And I got back my momentum to do QT and I was once again refreshed by His word. It is like drinking a cup of sparkling 100Plus after a long run without water!

My nainai, while on the Shanghai trip, told me that her pots of plants withered when she was away for about 10 days once. Interestingly, these plants only withered on one side. On the other side, where the plants get exposed to the outside, dew managed to sustain the plant, so it survived. The plants were hanging on for their lives with the dew provided by nature.

But after my nainai returned from her 10-day trip, despite the plants being half-withered, she continued to water the plants faithfully. Amazingly, they grew healthy and flowered once again!

When she told me this incident, I was like... WOW!

When I came back to Singapore, only did I understand God's purpose for her telling me about her half-withered plants.

These plants were like my spiritual life. Withered... but only on one side. On the other side, God was providing the dew to sustain me through, giving me the desire to hang on. And after the real watering comes, when QT comes, I am restored fully once again (:

So, in the words of my church's 2010 Back-to-Basics focus - 你QT了吗?

Labels: Christianity; Quiet Time