Ever feel like you were walking obliviously down a swiftly darkening street while someone was lurking in the bushes, waiting to waylay you and throw your world completely off-track?
That’s how I feel – it’s been a very long time since I posted here and much has happened! In the long run, all has worked for good, but in the process, it didn’t always seem that way! And I can say quite unequivocally that I have been thrown completely off-track…
As Christians, we are taught that the closer we draw to God, the more active the enemy becomes as he seeks to do just that – throw you off-course! My experience over the past year has shown me that in my weakest moments, God was strongest in my life, until the enemy decided to throw some things in my way to offset my course and direction…
No, I didn’t have any unfortunate incidents! I didn’t have misfortune or horrible experiences; in fact, I had all the opportunities God set before me and was, as always, very blessed…
What the enemy did was throw in DISTRACTION!!! What a horrendous word – it means “having one’s attention drawn away“. Can you imagine anything worse than having your attention drawn away from the One who gives everything for you and to you?
In a study conducted by Gloria Mark, an associate professor at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science in conjunction with Gallup Management Journal on distraction in the workplace, the study showed that the cause of distraction was that most people suffered from both internal and external interruptions, meaning that they interrupted themselves and were also victims of outside interruptions.
This is a most interesting finding if you look within yourself to see how it relates to your own personal experience.
I was interrupted – no doubt about that – but I allowed myself to be; I opened the door and took the interruption from there on to a pinnacle in my life.
And all the while I could see in my mind’s eye what was happening – the distraction deepened and just like that, I was set off course… Doesn’t say very much for my commitment as a Christian, does it?
This brings to mind a funny conversation I had with a friend last year: I was rambling on about my plans for the following day, which was a Sunday. As I spoke, I kept saying I should go to Church, but this or that excuse! My friend just listened to me and then came out with “Take your time, don’t worry, God will just wait till you can make it!”
He said it as a joke and it was funny at the time -yet, it makes two very important points: One is it’s a wake-up call to examining your priorities. The other and more important, though, is that it’s kind of true!!!
God has not tired of me and my distractions – He has not let go of me! Every day He reminds me of His love for me, His patience with me and He works in my life and in my heart to help to bring me home!!!
Psalm 23
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, [a]
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.
If, at times, you feel like you’re drowning, just reach out your hand ~ for He is there waiting for you…
Peace Out,
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