Spiritual drought

Christians have a phrase to describe times when they don't feel close in their relationship with God. They call it a "spiritual drought."

I'm going through one of those right now. If I were a good Christian, then I should probably be concerned about it and should be striving to correct it, right?

Not necessarily.

Yeah, I'm in a "drought" right now. But I'm not worried about it. In fact, it's probably a good sign. The truth about relationship is that it is hard. And the reality is that there are times when you don't feel close to a person in a relationship. If a relationship were good all the time, then it honestly wouldn't be a real relationship. So when I have a spiritual drought, it's an indicator to me that I have a real relationship with Jesus. And this is just one of those difficult times.

The other thing is that I have had periods like this before. And on a long enough time frame, Jesus pulled me out of it. And our relationship improved from that experience. So I know that this period is not a permanent time, and it does not signify that my relationship with Jesus is worsening and disappearing. In time, I know I'll come back to Jesus and our relationship will be better afterward.

So yeah. "Spiritual droughts": not a bad thing.