Have you ever experienced a feeling of being stuck in your life. The feeling of being stuck in our lives is about much deeper underlying and historical factors of the story we have lived in. Story and Identity are crucial because we can only know who we are because of our story.

We can feel a sense of shame when our life becoems stuck, especially men. There are different kinds of 'stuck'. Some of the issues that we can struggle with when feeliing stuck are just to mention a few: Insignificance; a lack of identity; meaninglessness; a lack of purpose and direction; no sense of vision or calling; a feeling that we are drifiting through life from one thing to the next but locked into a particular pattern, that can feel paralysing.

Because of the way we are taught to live in Western culture our first impulse when things go wrong or we feel stuck is to 'fix it', so we start 'doing' something to make it better.

But God HImself may well be in the very stalling of our story because he is trying to get our attention. Busyness can define our lives but can also be a 'cover up' for not having to feel. Busyness can equal a sense of meaning.

But something or Someone has to DISRUPT our story to make us FEEL certain things- so that as i say, God can get our attention. He sometimes gets our attention through a 'divine discontent' and this means that God is actuall IN the painful emotions, bringing them to the surface to perform 'heart surgery'.

When our story stalls or we feel stuck, there is always something going on IN THE HEART. You cannot commit to a LARGER story if you have LOST HEART or go numb. You are on the sidelines when you check out on a HEART level.

So HOW do you NOT LOSE HEART in a season of feeling stuck?.....