Learning to Talk to God When You’re Spiritually Tired
I was sitting in my truck one morning before work, engine running, coffee half warm, staring straight ahead like someone unplugged my brain. I knew I should pray. I even wanted to. But the moment I opened my mouth, it felt like dragging a hundred pound rope uphill. Nothing flowed. Nothing stirred. I remember saying out loud, “Lord, I know You’re here, but I feel like I’m clocking in for a shift.” And that sentence hit me harder than I expected. When prayer starts feeling like labor instead of life, something deeper is happening inside us. Why Prayer Feels Like Work Sometimes Prayer is intimate, but it’s also effort. Not the kind that earns anything from God, but the kind that pulls your attention out of a noisy world and plants it in truth. That takes energy. And some seasons drain that energy faster than others. You may be carrying quiet burdens. You may be spread thin. You may be spiritually discouraged. Or maybe life has simply worn tracks in your mind that make prayer feel like p...