When the Day is Uninspiring, Help Me God!

I woke up and said my morning prayer. I sat down and had my 15 minutes silent moment. I got up, showered, did my affirmations. I put on my clothes. I uttered my prayers to God asking Him to be my Clothes for the day. I reviewed my to-do list. I got myself ready mentally. But I hit a wall.

I was flat. I was uninspired.

It reminded me of Indonesian food lacking of hot sauce. That was the kind of experience I had. I was about to engage my day through my talents and charisms. I was about to soar to conquer my day with God’s goodness. When I was uninspired, there was no way I would inspire others either. Before I shed my light, I needed to shine first. That morning my light was dimmed.

I stepped back. Something needed to be done.

While maintaining the atmosphere of prayer, I engaged my spiritual diary. I did an inventory of my emotions. I wrote down the murmurs of my heart. I was being honest with myself. I put on my headphones and listened to my favorite inspirational songs to spice me up. I looked at holy images to remind me why I exist on Earth. My calling in life is to be the conduit of God’s Love. When the conduit is clogged than it is my duty to clear out the debris.

As I was doing inventory of my emotions, I found out that my focus on God’s promises in my life had withered for about a day and a half. It was the culprit that drained the inspiration out of me.

I got back to silence. I asked God for forgiveness. I implored His mercy to lift me up once again. While looking at my favorite inspirational holy images and listening to my favorite inspirational songs, my heart started to show some life. The fire started burning brightly again.

I got up with sparks on my eyes. My day schedule might have been one hour behind, but that was insignificant compared to lack of heavenly swagger in me.

I uttered the words from the two disciples who were on the road to Emmaus, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?” (Lk 24:32).

Glory to the Most Holy Trinity,
Bro Chan