The second thing to do when God seems absent is to do nothing until fire falls from heaven into our hearts. We want to experience God! But when things get stale, you quit. You hate the idea of going through the motions.

As children, our interest is peaked by the mystery of the unknown. To the child, the unknown has to be exposed, explained, and experienced. To them the adventure of a lifetime could be right around the corner; streams become rivers, trees become forests, and hills become mountains to conquer. As years go by we can lose that sense of adventure. Nothing is a mystery to us anymore, because in our minds we have already experienced it all.

Everyone loves the last second basketball buzzer beater or the touchdown catch as the clock expires...except for the losers. I learned all about that last week. My team lost our football game in the last second on a Hail Mary play.

We are fading lights only flickering shortly in the magnitude of history.

My wife is dreading going to the dentist. It's been a while since her last visit and if what she suspects is true, fixing the problem will cost a lot of time, pain and money. Her current plan is to ignore the pain and avoid knowing how bad things really are. Most of us are pretty much the same way about our soul. We know something is wrong, but we keep putting off God; hoping it will just go away.