A Slow Fade

How is it that we are so on fire for God at certain points in our life, but then we loose that passion over time? I can pinpoint certain times in my life where my passion for God burned bright. Then just weeks or months later, I found myself back in a spiritual valley.

The words of Casting Crowns' song "Slow Fade" come to my mind when I think about how easy it is to lose our fire for God.

It's a slow fade when you give yourself away
It's a slow fade when black and white have turned to gray
Thoughts invade, choices are made, a price will be paid
When you give yourself away
People never crumble in a day
It's a slow fade, it's a slow fade

Often when things happen little at a time, we don't even realize a change has taken place in our life. After I got married, the years following I gained about 40-50 pounds. It happened slowly. It was a gradual change. I honestly didn't even notice until I was about 20 pounds heavier. My lifestyle had changed just enough to cause myself to gain just a little bit of weight here and there over time.

In the same way, our spiritual lives change over time. Sometimes we find ourselves in the midst of sudden changes that drastically change our relationship with God. Those are noticeable times where we realize the change taking place. However, most of the time the changes are gradual and often unnoticed. They are slow fades.

When we do fade off in our relationship with God, it takes time to come back to the point where we once were. I am experiencing the same thing trying to get the weight off in our Biggest Loser contest. These changes took place over time...and they will take time to get back to where I was.

I am striving to keep the weight off....AND I am striving to never let my relationship with God fade off into the darkeness. Instead of a slow fade, I am looking to see my walk with God INCREASE each and every day!