A fair warning, I don’t have much of a point with this post. I have a small idea, I’m just going to type and get to the end with you.<\/p>\n

There are days that I have all kinds of things going through my mind, yet they add up to nothing. I either can’t settle on them long enough to do anything with them, or they are random pieces that don’t fit into any coherent pattern. I am far from what I would call thinking, but my mind is most definitely not blank.<\/p>\n

To-do lists are the most common subject of these days. I may have things I need to do to get ready for something, or things that I want to do. Generally, I have a list of designs I want to work with on an ongoing basis. It isn’t like I have nothing worthwhile to do. Yet, I can’t get my attention to focus on even one of them to get anything done.<\/p>\n

However, I also have random bits of information floating around for much of the day. I have a penchant for trivia, not something organized like sports stats, just random pieces of information that are only useful a few times a month. For example, an estimated 1\/3 of the population sits on the toilet while they flush. Who cares? Obviously I do at some level.<\/p>\n

To make the situation more complicated, you can add in stress, which I handle as well as a paper cup being filled from a fire hose. All of these things combine to make my focus drift in and out during the day.<\/p>\n

If you’re still with me, congratulations. You might be doing better than I am. Hold on because I’m about to switch gears with very little warning.<\/p>\n

Several verses in the Bible speak of meditating on God’s word. Through misunderstandings, it is often thought that we need to clear our minds and wait for God to say something. That is not the point, or the method meant here. We are supposed to dwell on God’s word, to ponder on it, think for longer than a few seconds on what it says. I very much mind saying that I have trouble with that. Read a verse, start to think about how it applies to me, then remember that I need to look into something later in the day. Chastise myself for letting my mind wander, then chastise myself for wasting time chastising myself.<\/p>\n

I have a theory on this, though I can lay no claim to its originality. I have spent so many years compartmentalizing my life, (work, home, church, etc.) that I have tried packing God into just a few of those compartments. He can’t be contained in the universe, so there’s no way He will fit into poorly built mental compartments. God needs to be a part of my whole life, not just during Bible study, worship service, or Sunday School. That research I need to do later, He should be in that. If I’d be embarrassed to have Him see me do it, I had best not do it. I have heard it said that you should not do something if you would not do it with Jesus in the room. Since He is with us at all times, that should make us take a second look at what we spend our time doing.<\/p>\n

My focus should be on God and doing His will. That will then let me have clarity to do what He has planned for me. I may very well never get to some of my wants, but I will most assuredly get the needs taken care of. If I have pleased God, and become that “good and faithful servant,” what more could I ask for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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