The Battle For My Attention

It’s So Hard To Be Still

Rarely does God speak to us in the heat of the moment.

When millions of tiny worries block our vision, close our ears and tangle our souls, our creator seems silent.

The cares of the day overwhelm us.

We begin drawing conclusions we have no right or knowledge to come to.

And then, we wonder why we cannot hear God.

God comes to us, rarely in the moment, but after when our heart, mind and soul are still.

Stillness is such a rarity in this fast paced, A.I. driven, social media intoxicated, world we live in.

So many things fight for our attention.

Restless is not a fun place to be.

Sometimes at night I awaken as tomorrow’s to-do-lists scramble my brain.

Things I know I can do nothing about at that moment start with a whisper but an hour later are louder like a scream.

I fight in my head to be still.

I ask God for peace.

I try to think of nothing but those concerns knock louder and stronger as the clock ticks on.

Finally I drift off to the place of sleep.

When I wake up in the morning the concerns of the night seem so ridiculous.

Lord, as the things of this earth fight for my attention this day, please remind me of what’s really important.

Keep me near and silence the powers of the seen and the  unseen world as they vie for my affection.

Amen.