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The "Blahs"

Writer's picture: Dr. Peggy KarloskyDr. Peggy Karlosky

Do you ever have the blahs? You may not be in despair, but you feel like life is missing something. It’s like the coke that’s lost its fizz. When you think about it, life has many of these times of feeling like we are waiting for more. Even though our journey is interjected with times of excitement, it’s also plagued with blahs. We feel the excitement when getting that new car, the birth of a baby, the new boyfriend, and numerous other experiences that temporarily fill our world with zest. Yet, I find that quiet yearning creeping upon me. Do you?



Even if we are prone to contentment and a grateful attitude, we all were made for more. Since we were made in God’s image, we were made for eternity, for loving interactions, and creative expression. Stuck in a fallen world stifles our being.



If we accept that our completeness, our being FULLY who we were created to be comes after we leave these earthly bodies, we are positioned to live wisely and to embrace the blahs with hope. We know that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. We will see Him face to face and we will be like Him.



1 John 3:2


Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.




Sometimes I find comfort in just validating that my blahs may just be my reminder that I yearn for completeness, for knowing Him in full, and being fully who God designed me to be. That wouldn’t include my old flesh nature that is so prone to junk like selfishness, jealousy, pride, and boredom. I yearn for myself and others to be real, to love each other like Jesus does, and to stop the madness that comes from comparing and trying to impress each other. Don’t you look forward to being fully led by the Spirit instead of ever having to deal with the baser flesh nature? I definitely look forward to being in a place where there is no evil to interject its influence.



I can’t imagine the beauty and magnificent splendor of Heaven. I can’t imagine the lack of any pain, boredom, and temptation. I can’t even fully imagine what it will be like to see Jesus and the Father face to face. Yet, when I get the blahs, I am called to try to imagine and to recognize that my blahs may be my spirit just wanting to go home.

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