Popcorn Focus
It’s dark…early in the morning and the sun hasn’t come up
yet. This is my favorite time…this is MY
time. I push the brew button and wait
for my coffee…that takes less than a minute.
I reach for my phone…I have email to check on two accounts – well, 3
really but I often forget about the 3rd one. I have FB messages and posts I have been
tagged in to check…as well as my Bible study group…and oh my Instagram is
begging for me to come over too. So many
distractions, that I don’t even hear the most important message that is trying to
grab my attention.
Is this really how I want to start my morning? This popcorn focus?
I’ve changed things up a bit this year…I now sit at my kitchen
table in the early morning instead of my desk.
If I sit at my desk the distractions are way too easy for me to focus
on.
So…I sit at the kitchen table with my Bible, pen and
notebook.
Word in.
Then my phone beeps and message flashes on my screen. I glance at it – and back to my reading.
A beep….a buzz….another beep. The world is waking up.
These distractions are like popcorn popping. I’m here, then there, then back over here and
back over there. All the while…God sits
patiently waiting for me to bring my focus back to Him. Grace.
I remember when all I had was email. I understand that times are changing and
there are some great things about social media but there are some negative
things that come along with it.
I have to stay focused on how I start my day. “There are no habits without the habit of
being focused.” Ann Voskamp
If I step back from the blings and buzzes of the world
waking up and put my focus on God as I am waking up…then my day will start with
His strength. Because I have no idea
what my day holds…but He does.
Step back and breathe deeply…stay focused on His incoming
message for me.
Joy comes in the morning.
This popcorn focus is too distracting. Bouncing from one bling to another…I’m
missing on God’s message He’s trying to send me.
I need to go slow into my morning- to remember that this
life is too brief to bounce around all day.
Go slow and open His message. Savor it…begin my day with THE only message
that matters. The rest can wait.
And this crazy distracted world---goes back to sleep and my
focus is clear with Him as the sun rises.
Michelle - this vey issue has been heavy on my heart lately. Thank you for sharing what is working for you in such a beautiful and inspiring way. Blessings ~ Miriam
ReplyDeleteIt is a challenge that is for sure. Hope you are doing well Miriam! Blessings to you!! =)
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