What is a rut?

Rut: boring situation: a routine procedure, situation, or way of life that has become uninteresting and tiresome


I have used the expression "I think I'm in a rut" quite a bit over the last week or so, which led me to look up the word rut.. After reading the meaning, I really need to say something very different.

My life is a routine procedure, but it definitely isn't boring and never uninteresting. My two girls are my life and they keep my days from being anything like a rut...

I think that we all go through seasons.
Ups, downs, sideways, fast, slow. Lately I feel there have been more downs than ups and way more sideways movement than I wish for. Kind of makes me motion sick =0)

Through the downs of life though, I feel that I realize that I need to be closer to God, personally. I need to chat with him much more often than I do and I really need to rely on His word. So I took a moment and looked for some verses on encouragement.

•  “These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33          

                                    

• God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah. Psalm 46:1-3,7 

• ‘Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ Isaiah 41:10 

• For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control. 2 Tim 1:7

• I have set the Lord continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Psalm 16:8

• Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you; He will never allow the [consistently] righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail). Psalm 55:22

• He only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defense and my Fortress, I shall not be moved. Psalm 62:6

• Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully. 1 Peter 5:7

• The Lord is good, a Strength and Stronghold in the day of trouble; He knows (recognizes, has knowledge of, and understands) those who take refuge and trust in Him. Nahum 1:7

• “The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3