Distractions...

So many times in a single day distractions surround us..in fact as I sat down to start typing there have already been at least five distractions, and I have only gotten to the first sentence! But more of the distractions I was thinking about are the ones that keep us from our relationship with God...the ones that the world offers, empty and usually not beneficial to us....

Speaking from personal experiences, I know it can be one small thing that pops up in my day that takes my focus off of God, and His plan..but WOW that one tiny thing can side track me for a good part of a day...and at the end I realized I lost more in that tiny distraction that if I had just let it be...it can be disappointing.....

I am not saying that there is any magical way to avoid distractions, or that if you can somehow you are a better Christian, because there is no such thing, but I am saying that God understands about the distractions in our life...and He wants us to bring them to Him! I wish I would do this on a more consistent basis, but the fact is a small distraction can take over what I had planned to do, and I simply forget to go to Him and give it to Him, somehow I think its so small I got this one...and yet it took way too much time away from me...how silly is that!

And usually for me it is nothing that needed that much attention or time..a phone call, a conversation, some to do list, a movie, bills, a repair of some kind..whatever it might be, for me it is not worth the time I gave up that I could have been spending with God...especially the ones that do not benefit me in any way...but I do love how God pulls me back in and reminds me that HE is never leaving me, and all these distractions are temporary, and won't follow into eternity...that is a comfort!

All this to say, I know that the distraction of this world will be sure to be there tomorrow when I wake up, but I am learning how to give it to God...He handles it MUCH better than I could have ever thought of! I will be remembering that, and ask Him to help me in all the small stuff!

"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path."

Psalm 119:105