Each time I think the stress of the last few months is leveling out, something else comes up.  If you didn't read the previous entries, my father has been very ill.  I am one of those people who tends to withdraw from society when I get stressed.  I pretty much stop all but the most basic, absolute have-to activities.  I stay home and interact with my family, but only rarely with other people.  I hang on to my faith, but my spirit often loses out.  I talk to God and pray; I continue reading and studying the Bible.  But I often stop attending church and taking part in other groups that require me to concentrate or take part in any sort of gathering.  I even stopped writing, this time.  Not because I couldn't think of anything.  I did have ideas and things I wanted to talk about.  I just didn't.  I couldn't quite get past thinking to doing.

I have determined that now is them time to work my way back, though.  My father is still ill.  I am still taking prescription sleep medications to try to get more than 2 hours sleep a night.  But my soul needs refueling.  So I am taking my own advice and "getting write with God" (the title of a workshop I designed for local groups).  I will write my way back into society once again and hope that I find friends and spiritual guidance.  I think everyone experiences times when the spirit may not be as close as it once was.  If you have any advice for the Christian Advice Site, please send me a message.    I promise to be more active and take part in the forum again, and to find and write about those issues important to your, and my, walk with our Lord and Saviour.  My motto is, after all, "Walking in faith together."

~April

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