Cure for the blues.

In Gospel of Luke and Matthew, Jesus tells the parable of the Talents. It's the one about the rich man who leaves his servants in charge while he goes away to conduct business. When he comes back two of his servants have made a lot of money while the other one stuck his head in the sand.

We are all complaining about feeling restless, and are probably in similar places with the church and maybe with God, where we feel like He's off doing something else and we are on the back burner. (At least I feel that way.) I think at times like this, that parable is not just a story, it's a reality. God is off conducting business and has left us the run of the house. The question is, what are we going to do with the Talents he's left us. Hence, the restlessness. I think it's a subtle stirring of the Spirit to make us go do something.
Here's what I propose:

1.)Actively pursue ministry rather than seeking to fit in to a church group to feed us spiritually. We are all leaders. None of us really belong on a pew.

2.) Pursue something that is beneficial to us directly that also serves God. For instance, many of us have been dealing with Chronic pain. A support group that offers prayer, testimony, and maybe some healing and nutrition to help manage pain and the accompanying depression.

3.) Remember to rest and pant after God. This is the whole, "Sabbath" thing. We are all way too busy and not well rested. Cut back on some activities and make time and room for God. (This is probably more for me than anyone else though.)

4.) The final part is a bit self-serving, because I miss my friends and miss praying and serving God with my friends, but: Pursue these opportunities together. I blogged about our group of friends being our church community a while ago. Perhaps this is a chance for our little cell to "worship, serve, and go" together (to quote pastor.)