Overcoming Spiritual Dryness, by Bill Kifer

When I was little, I watched my mother prepare bread. After mixing the ingredients, she’d sprinkle dusty, sweet flour on the counter and push the heels of her hands deep into the dough. She kneaded until it became a spongy mound and the flour had vanished. She’d place it in a bowl and cover it with a towel.

“The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened” (Mt. 13:33). This was the purpose of my mother’s kneading, to thoroughly mix the yeast with the other ingredients. When the yeast raised the dough, oh, so high, it was ready for the oven. I tried watching once, but the process was sooo slow, my curiosity evaporated, and I went to play. …

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