Your nerves send signals to your brain. When they continuously send the same message the brain basically says “ya I got it I know” and starts to ignore it. Example; you can always feel your clothes when you first put them on- like being itchy. But later after awhile you don’t feel it anymore. Or being somewhere with a bad smell that you “get used to” after awhile. Today I applied this thought to God. A lot of the time I hear people talking about how they are looking for God or don’t have the same spiritual high they used to (and I have had my fair share of this). Maybe it’s because they have let things go stale. Their relationship with God is continuously the same so it’s hard to feel or recognize God in their life. God might be speaking in their ear but because it’s become common they don’t hear it anymore. Maybe that’s why when people do soul-searching and stuff they find God. At church camps people have spiritual highs and it’s probably because it’s different than their usual routine. I think we need to mix it up in life and not be scared of finding God at another church, activity, or spiritual practice. Attending different churches once in awhile can keep you spiritually fed and is not betrayal of your congregation. There are things I usually hesitate to do when they are knew but it’s worth trying once to see what I get out of it and at the very least learn what doesn’t work for me. I get bored with eating the same cereal everyday, why wouldn’t people become numb to God? It’s much more complex than cereal lol.
Ideas for mixing it up:
Walk a labyrinth
Go to a different church service
Take a nature walk
Journal
Meditate
Pray
Take a class
Read the bible
Watch youtube
Make art; paint, collage, etc.
Contemplate a song
Listen to a sermon online
Watch a different tv show or documentary
Go to a retreat
Volunteer
Fast
Practice lent
Celebrate a different holiday
Join a discussion group
Engage an interesting spiritual person you admire
