Do you remember the excitement of being a new Christian? The thrill of learning new things, realizing truths about Jesus you’ve never known, and seeing details you’ve never seen before?
It’s incredibly compelling, and motives believers to continue the journey of spiritual growth onwards. But what happens when this spiritual honeymoon phase ends? What happens when the normalcy of life comes calling once again and what was once new and enthralling becomes rote and routine?
In short, what happens when we get plain bored?
Over the years, there have been times where the spark of reading scripture just wasn’t there, things felt dry and dead, and I didn’t see any growth, or amazing transformation. In those times, the temptation to simply walk away was high. How does someone combat Christian boredom?
Well, let’s explore this together.