Thu - October 21, 2004

Focus 


It constantly amazes me. The fact that anything at all can distract me from God. Writing this blog, which purports to help me focus on God, can distract me from Him. I have a gazillion books that have wonderfully spiritual themes, all can be distractions.

Philippians 4

8-Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things. 9-Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me--put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

We, as humans, can take perfectly good things and distort them. We can even turn God's word into a tool of hate or something that drives our focus from God and onto ourselves.

Focus seems to come easy to some of us. But even the ones who are best at focusing had to learn it. Brother Lawrence , Teresa of Avila , John of the Cross , all of them had great focus, but it took a lifetime of practice. Nothing good comes easily. Even the Apostle Paul, in the above verse, is telling us how much work it takes. And yet, what is the smallest part of my life? The part I give to God. Everything, and I mean everything else, takes precedence over Him. Some of these things are good. There is nothing wrong with me putting effort and focus into my relationship with Robyn, I love her and I truly believe that God brought us together, but she is a much larger part of my life than I acknowledge God to be. I need to include God in everything, He is always there, it is just up to me to acknowledge Him.

I am not sad or depressed as I write this. My life is very full and I am very happy. It is in the happy, full times that I am most easily distracted from God. This, I need to overcome. This, I cannot overcome. Only God can overcome it. And I must be open. So let it be. 
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