Drought!

Crunch. Crunch. Crunch.
That's the sound of the grass in our yard under my feet in the mornings. Everything is brown, brittle and dying. Everywhere there are talks of the water restrictions, seeding restrictions, planting restrictions and more. It's drought time.
We go through droughts, too. We feel spread thin, exhausted and dry of any enthusiasm for life. Just as with the grass, all we have to do is look around to see if we are in a personal drought. Are our relationships with friends and family more negative than not lately? Are we dreading getting out of bed in the mornings more and more? Do you feel like you are just going through the motions? Are you questioning, "Is this all that I was meant to do?"
The bible uses fruits and the fruit vine as a metaphor to describe a dry spirit. The bible tells us we must cut back the dead vines and prune the fruitful ones to become more fruitful. Are your vines fruitful right now? Or cracking at the seems?
The first step is to acknowledge.
And the second step is to pull out the sheers and start cutting back and pruning.
Simple things added to your daily life can bring about more joy. Telling someone you love you are sorry. Playing a board game. Planting a flower (when the restrictions are lifted of course). Volunteering for a day. Reading a meditation or scripture.

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control." Galatians 5:22

Take a measure today of the 9 areas in your life. Are they producing fruit? Or our they dry and crunching under your feet?