Marbaniang, Domenic

Excerpted from Peace With God (1984) The Breadth of Boredom America is said to have the highest per capita boredom of any spot on earth! We know that because we have the greatest variety and greatest number of artificial amusements of any country. People have become so empty that they can't even entertain themselves. They have to pay other people to amuse them, to make them laugh, to try to make them feel warm and happy and comfortable for a few minutes, to try to lose that awful, frightening, hollow feeling — that terrible, dreaded feeling of being lost and alone. You may think that boredom is a minor matter. Everyone gets bored sometimes, it's only natural. But let me tell you something about boredom, and this dangerous apathy that is creeping over the land and over the minds and hearts of the people. Man is the only one of God's creatures who is capable of being bored, although I've seen animals in a zoo that look very bored! No other living thing except man can ever...

Boredom is the sense of a drudgeful passage of time. It is the sense of monotony, humdrum, and tedium associated with the sluggish passage of time. (Read Gen.29:20) Characteristics of Boredom 1. Lack of challenge 2. Lack of pleasure 3. Lack of excitement 4. Lack of joy 5. Lack of satisfaction 6. Lack of motivation 7. Lack of a sense of mobility - Time seems to move very slow. Boredom is 1. The symptom of a devalued existence (Eccl.2:17) 2. The symptom of a disengaged existence (1Thess.5:14; 2Thess.3:6,11). 3. The sense of wearisomeness and vexation of spirit (Eccl.2:17) 4. Connected with the sense of emptiness and meaninglessness. (Eccl.2:22,23) Sources of Boredom 1. Separation from the presence of the Lord where there is fullness of joy (Ps.16:11) 2. Quenching of the Spirit or Lack of the Spirit (Jude 1:19; 1Thess.5:19) 3. Unwillingness to rejoice in the Lord always (Phil.4:4) 4. Unwillingness to constantly pray (1Thess.5:17) 5. Unwillingness to be thankful in every thing (1Thess.5:18...