But I still fight the fear that I am guilty horribly of sloth. My husband constantly speaks positively to me telling me what a wonderful wife I am, as my children tell me what a wonderful mom I am. The younger two also are a blessing and shine Jesus wherever they go. Through this time the Lord has blessed me and my beloved giving us three beautiful girls, the oldest who just got into Notre Dame recently all bills paid. I also have huge over sensitivities to sound that cause physical pain in my body. Basically the nerves in my brain would swell causing huge amounts of pain throughout my body and other complications. Then finally in 2017 I was diagnosed with an incredibly rare autoimmune syndrome, tuloso Hunt syndrome.
After our second child was born I was diagnosed with severe depression and a number of other psychiatric complications. He would do the dishes cheerfully and cook and tell me what an honor it was and how much he loved me. Never once did my husband tell me to get off of my bottom and get to work, but true to his Lutheran Heritage and faith in Christ, he showed Grace upon Grace when he would have to work 3 jobs and come home to me sleeping. When I was 30, He brought me to my beloved husband, the son of Lutheran missionaries, who has cared for me for the past 21 years of our marriage. I have never questioned his love for me, and though my trust in salvation by grace alone would sometimes flicker. I was near homeless a number of times but the Lord always took care of me and provided for me. I can remember one night standing outside witnessing to Satanists outside of a Satanist group’s building and telling them about Christ and his love for them, while feeling that I could never achieve The Grace Of Heaven, which obviously is completely wrong thinking, but I had great compassion for the homeless and for people around me that were suffering. I suffered a lot of guilt over sloth, often crying to the Lord, feeling horrible. Only Jesus Christ and my relationship with Him sustained me through those times and I’m very thankful for my Lutheran upbringing. The problems persisted after college with lost jobs. I had a great desire to be a missionary but could barely seem to find the ability to get through classes in college. I had very little energy or the will to do things. Since my teen years I would fall asleep in class, on the train standing up, on the bus. While I appreciate and agree that not living Our Lives to our fullest and working with all of our energy as unto the Lord is definitely something that scripture speaks about, I do believe we need to be very, very careful when addressing the issue of sloth. Enjoy web-exclusive stories and a selection of articles from the print magazine at. To help as you work through your own struggle with sloth and recapture the zeal of service to God and your neighbor, pick up your copy of the March issue of The Lutheran Witness. Askins writes “And Still Takes Care of Them.” And on the subject of zeal for service of God and neighbor, the Rev. Anyone who enjoys making a little “man glitter” (sawdust) will enjoy this article. William Matzat and his work at Dovetail Creations. Stacey Egger profiles a life lived in service to God and neighbor in a feature about the Rev. Stephen Pietsch offers some practical suggestions for fighting acedia in your own life. Jason Braaten diagnoses the spiritual sloth many Christians in America face but does not point to a silver bullet or easy life hack to solve the problem. The March issue of The Lutheran Witness digs into acedia, the Greek word for sloth, as this spiritual malady has often been called. A spiritually slothful person might have all the outward signs of energy and life, yet be struggling with deep questions of faith and God’s existence. Spiritual sloth kills the soul it hardens the heart against the proclamation of the Gospel. “The early bird gets the worm,” we say as we try to “encourage” a slothful person.īut slothfulness has a darker side, a spiritual dimension. Most of us probably think of sloth as a synonym for laziness. Have you heard of sloth? Perhaps you recognize the term as one of the “seven deadly sins” (which is not exactly a Lutheran list).
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