Strangely Empty

I can't deny it- it's been an incredible summer. I've gotten the chance to work with my brother inspecting roofs, travel to Red River Gorge, KY to rock climb with good friends, fly to San Diego to help my cousin and his wife paint their house, canoe and hike through the BWCA in northern MN with a great group of kids, have some awesome times leading worship at church and spending time with family, and best of all, road trip to southern MO to meet my niece, Vivian Faye! I'm awed by the opportunities that this time of transition in life has afforded me, and I couldn't ask for more blessings even if I knew how. And yet... I feel strangely empty, worn out, like a balloon that's been stretched and filled past capacity for too long and then slowly deflated to an off-color, dejected exhaustion. I want to sing and shout and dance with the passion that I feel on the very edges of my awareness, but I can't help but feel like it's rushing by too fast for me to do more than feel the wind of its passing. I want Grace to fill me, and I want it to banish all worry, stress, pain, wanting, loneliness, trouble, fatigue... God, move in Power- only You could accomplish such a miracle! Holy Spirit, blow through me- true rest comes from You alone! Jesus, renew my soul- You are my Salvation!