Thursday, August 02, 2007

Its So Dry

"My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to Your word." Psalm 119:25

Its so dry here! We've had another week of hot dry weather after that blissfully cool break with a bit of rain & everything is back to dust. Dust on the cars, dust on the plants, dust in the house. Flowers are drying out & need reviving with a generous downpour from my watering can. Lawns are getting dry and need daily dousing with the sprinklers. Pets pant from the shade, wilting like a leaf. The dirt paths puff in light dust where I like to walk. Its dry! Its dusty. I guess its August then.

My blog has been a bit dry lately. I casually flip through my Bible searching for inspiration. Something that might go with one of my recent photos. When that doesn't work, I search through my photo archives & see if I can find a scripture or thought to go with one. When I come up dry with that, I go & read other blogs & just ignore my own. I don't want blogging to be work so I 'walk away' to read others that usually inspire me.

Its not just blog inspiration that runs dry. I'm not only aspiring to be a photographer but also a writer. I try to write travel articles for a small online travel site. Usually its easy & fun, writing about places I have been. Usually I can't say enough about them and usually, I have great photos to prove it. But even that inspiration is running a bit dry this week. Sort of a 'I can't be bothered to care' attitude when I sit down at my laptop & think I should churn out a couple more articles if I want the experience to eventually be published with the big boys of the freelance writer world. But no, I can easily find an excuse to do something else.

And *gasp* I haven't snapped a photo in over a week. *Really?? you all say in unison* Really! Nothing has inspired me. Dry there too. I keep thinking I'd like to learn more about people photography & bring my camera along everywhere I go but when I try to focus my lens on people, I find more of my shots are of the flowers or mountains behind them, of the texture of the tree I just walked past, of the cloud patterns. Anything but trying to visualize a nice composition with people in it. Maybe it requires more effort, maybe I just won't create a passion for it. But I AM going to try, I just have to not do it randomly and actually set up photo sessions for the friends that are going to be my willing targets...er, models.

So in all the dry areas of my life this week, I sought refuge from the dryness, the dust of the earth, the scorch of summer boredom & dove into my Psalms. Though the other areas of my life may be drying up, and I may not feel like doing some of those things, I can't be so lazy that I let my soul & spirit get dry. Where else can I be revived but in the word.

Verse 28 of chapter 119 says "My soul melts from heaviness (and also from the summertime blues) ; Strengthen me according to Your word." and again in vs 50 "This is my comfort in my affliction, for Your word has given me life." In fact, there are many many verses in Psalm 119 (remember, its the biggest one) that remind us that our help comes from God's word.

"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path" vs 105

12 comments:

  1. Thank you for this watering today..
    I know what you mean about the dryness..I have felt so parched lately and I am in need of a good dousing! "Bucketful's" :)

    Blessings to you Becky!
    Laurie

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  2. Your posts are always refreshing for us to read. Ummm. You might just relook at that last verse. You're missing a "t" and hence we are left wondering what your fee is. LoL.

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  3. Thanks Laurie - I think we all get parched in areas of our lives.

    heheh LGS - thanks for the catch - I changed it!

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  4. Hardly dry, Becky!
    More like an oasis, I'd say!

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  5. Anonymous9:16 PM

    He maketh me lie down in green pastures, He leadeth me beside the still waters, He restoreth my soul.

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  6. I thought the message was Canada can
    get as dusty as Chennai here in tropical India:)but I know what you mean..in the early 90s every well watered soul was rising up and claiming 'dryness',it was the 'in' thing I think:):)on a more serious note, another good piece of writing!!

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  7. Cookies and Ice Cream.... that is what I recommend... and it has to be for breakfast.

    That is what my grandkids and I did today. Neapolitian Ice Cream and two choclate chip cookies.

    Query.... for high energy people like ourselves, people whose creative juices are always flowing are our dry times really dry times? Or are they what the rest of the world sees as normal days?

    It is hard to stand on our toes all day... we must level out sometimes. Just a thought.

    But do try the above perscription.

    Be blessed God causes springs to well up in our parchedness of our souls.

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  8. I always find your writings refreshing...whenI feel dry I usually don't post and just hang out with Him..''

    Be Blessed on the Lord's Day tomorrow.

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  9. This was like our april - July weather. Its raining now but get so humid that its sickening.

    God 's watering can, the Bible wets our soul when we feel dry and also writings of other Christians.

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  10. Hey I am back and I had a wonderful trip. My soul was drenched in God's love the whole week. I have awesome pictures. And I have some unbelievable pictures to share also. It will take me a little bit to get my post up. Hope you are doing well.
    Janice

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  11. Ah Miss Becks, my dear friend... it's good to be dry and thirsty sometimes. Its essential, actually, to be able to appreciate when the waters flow & taste the sweetness. Its a bit scary at the dry times, it causes us to have to reach beyond ourselves and ask for some help. At least this is what I find... I find these times cause me to automatically ask for my cup to be filled, from the only ONE who can fill it, the ONE who can turn my black and white world into full color...

    I see you got 'spired to travel - will come comment here too! Missed you!

    Miss Barb

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  12. It's okay to be a little listless. I think the heat does it...and the lack of summer structure.

    For me, right now, I KNOW I want to work on my children's book, but I don't feel like it. It's impossible for me to write when I don't feel like it. I have to feel passion and inspiration. So I'll just wait until I do.

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