Distractions

Ever notice how life is full of little distractions? Things that can keep you from doing much of anything substantial. I mean, you being here, reading this blog is a distraction. Me writing it - distraction. Most of the internet is just one big distraction. Those little kitties over there may be distracting you, even as we speak... We as a society actually pay to be distracted. Movies, amusement parks, TV just to name a few.

I often wonder what could I accomplish if I didn't get distracted? But then I get distracted, and forget what it was I was thinking about...

What was I saying? Oh, right...

Anyway... What kind of great problems could mankind solve if we could just pay attention. Or what kind of "small" things could we do for each other, to love one another, if we weren't worried about all the things that don't really matter anyway. What could God do with our lives if we didn't let every little thing turn us down a rabbit trail.

I like the words to this song. Maybe I can try and remember it today, even with all the stuff going on around me.


Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His Glory and Grace.

Words and Music by Helen H. Lemmel
1922