A Dry Season Sets the Stage

Let’s continue with the story. The last post left me sitting in a chair in my living room. That is where I was physically for most days for weeks on end.

However, this is where I was spiritually, leading up to my fall and thus the chair sitting. I felt I was living in a dry season with the Lord. Dry seasons for me isn’t a complete disconnect from God. I can still hear Him speak to me, especially during my prayer sessions. Jesus is so very interested in helping people that He always shows up even when I’m not at my best.

Yet, engaging with Him for myself felt distant. Prior to my accident, my morning prayers were something like this. Lord, I want more. I long for more encounters with You. Jesus, I long for more invitations into heavenly encounters. I want to meet you at the Throne of Grace. I want more.

I know I’d been praying along these lines for months. If you have read Marching Around Jericho, I’ve shared some heavenly or supernatural encounters from my past. They are life-giving and transformative. It’s no wonder I was asking for more of God, more encounters.

But prior to my accident, God felt radio silent in response.

I know these seasons of silence happen to all of us. We all live through the ebbs and flows of connection with the Trinity.

This can become a real issue in our lives. So, let me pause here and ask a question.

What do you do when you are living in a dry season with the Lord? How do you maintain your faith? What helps you to move back into connection?

I’ll see you in the comments. Also, your first comment will require approval, after that, your comments should post immediately to the conversation.

I love you. Stay tuned as this story is about what is happening around us in a dry season. WAHOOOO Praise the Lord Jesus Christ. Love you. Lynn

13 responses to “A Dry Season Sets the Stage”

  1. Ian Acheson Avatar
    Ian Acheson

    Funny, Lynn … your morning prayer is very similar to what I’ve been praying this past year!

    A dry season – I will seek encouragement from others, enjoying how they’re experiencing the presence of Jesus, and trust that it may provide something fresh for me to chat with the Lord about. I’m increasingly finding how important community (church, friends, SUM, etc) is so important in our walks with the Lord.

    Looking forward to your next post, my friend.

    Big love to you x

    1. Lynn Donovan, 2024 Avatar
      Lynn Donovan, 2024

      We are all traveling this weird season but it’s been preparation for what is ahead. It’s going to be amazing. I just feel it. Love you my dear brother in Christ. Hugs, Lynn

  2. LuAnn Wendover Avatar
    LuAnn Wendover

    When I was younger, dry seasons would make me antsy. I would fret, chomping at the bit, and worry way to much. I was a doer, a goer. Activity forward meant growth!
    Dry seasons are rest seasons…time to restock and regather. Time to slow down, and simply be in his presence. When His time is right and you are replenished, He will launch you back into the fray!

    1. lynndonovan2025 Avatar
      lynndonovan2025

      Hi LuAnn,

      My friend, I read this and smiled. You and I are so much alike. I’m a doer as well. And when I don’t hear from God, I become angsty also.

      I think it’s brilliant to consider a dry season of season for rest. I need to contemplate and pray about this. And ask God what rest actually means for me.

      Thank you for always adding your wisdom and encouragement. I love you, my friend, Lynn.

  3. Janis B Avatar
    Janis B

    This has happened to me before and unfortunately, it could happen again. The first time I really remember this dry spell (I look back and think I was very new in me being born again) I felt hindered or just dry and distant from God. I talked with my pastor about this, and he told me that feeling this way is a good sign because I can feel the distance between God and myself, and that God never leaves us, I am just feeling the void when I don’t spend time with Him. Not just rote praying and hurried prayer. When this happens, we need to make our way back to Him. He recommended me to read Contemplative Prayer: Praying When the Well Runs Dry by Joann Nesser. This helped me some. I have experienced that when this dry feeling comes creeping in, I need to go back to my “first love.” Meaning change my thoughts/worries from whatever I am thinking, back to Jesus. Read something in the bible. Change the radio station to a praise station. Praise music helps me a lot. Almost like keep pushing myself back to Him, especially when I am not feeling it. It’s like walking through sludge so to speak.

    1. lynndonovan2025 Avatar
      lynndonovan2025

      Janice,

      Thank you for being authentic and sharing what’s happened to you. It’s happened to all of us. I love it that you have some very practical practices to move back into connection. They’re so encouraging to me. They are encouraging to others.

      I agree with you, there’s something about praise music That leads us back into the awareness of his presence. So, so good

      Thank you Janice for always loving the Lord well. Even in the dry seasons. Thank you for sharing your wisdom here today. It will encourage me and others. God bless you, my friend.

  4. Karen Williams Avatar
    Karen Williams

    Radio silence- I’ve definitely been there and ‘heard that’. It is a hard place to be. Especially if you’ve been praying your heart out, or seeing others are hearing great things from God.
    Thankfully, God kept His hand on me and still bid me to come and sit with Him. In His silence. I would be awake early anyway so why not go and sit with Him and journal. He showed me verses about waiting on Him and that’s what He helped me do. Sometimes I think I was afraid if I didn’t go and sit I might miss out on His word for me. I began to be content in the silence knowing that knowing Him and being with Him in those moments were everything and all I needed.

    1. lynndonovan2025 Avatar
      lynndonovan2025

      Karen,

      I feel so encouraged reading your words. They’re filled with wisdom and authenticity thank you.

      I think that is an excellent exercise when we don’t hear, God is to go and look up the scriptures. To write them down. To listen. To go sit with him anyway.

      Thank you so much for adding Your wisdom. Someone will come and read this one day perhaps even today. And be so encouraged to wait in the silence. God is with us always. Sometimes he’s just quiet. Love you, my friend.

    2. Lu Avatar
      Lu

      Lovely

  5. Jessica Krauklis Avatar
    Jessica Krauklis

    As someone who has struggled with control, I’ve learned it’s not by my actions. “He says, “Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10. Now, when I feel like I don’t hear from God, I fast from social media and anything that may be distracting me and sit with him. Even if it feels like I still don’t hear from God, I know and trust He is always with me. Many times I’d feel like if I didn’t get a revelation from Him, then I was doing something wrong or my prayer time wasn’t successful which was a lie. I believe he’s taught me that sometimes he just wants to sit and be with me. And in the silence of “not hearing Him” I feel his presence fill me with his supernatural love and grace. Its a time to trust Him and his timing more.

    1. lynndonovan2025 Avatar
      lynndonovan2025

      Jessica,

      Brilliant! Such great advice for all of us. I hope every single person that’s ever felt God‘s been silent that they come here and read your words. What a great example.

      Thanks for popping in here and sharing your wisdom. I adore you. God thinks you’re amazing and so do I. Blessings and hugs

  6. Martha Bush Avatar
    Martha Bush

    Yes, I have had them from time to time. Makes me want to shout out, “where are you Lord?” My favorite time is before the sun comes up and I just sit in those dry spells in the dark of my office and wait for the sun to appear. And just as the sun eventually brightens the day, so does God eventually break His silence and I know once again, He was there all the time; I just had to wait for Him. A hard lesson to learn. I love the new website.

    1. Lynn Donovan, 2024 Avatar
      Lynn Donovan, 2024

      Martha,

      This is such a great idea to shift from a dry season…. Thank you. Jus as the day brightens….. AMEN!!! Thank you.

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