Glenda Shouse: Distracted Living
Whatever may be your task, work at it heartily (from the soul),
as (something done) for the Lord and not for men.
~Colossians 3:23 AMP
Take my word for it, you cannot bake cookies and write a devotion at the same time. The results are not what I intended–overly brown sugar cookies.
My thought was it will only take a minute to type these few words before I totally forget them. But that one thought led to another thought, and then to another until suddenly I remembered the cookies–the very well-baked cookies.
Two nice things to do–bake cookies and write–but each required my full attention, not my distracted attention.
Isn’t this how we treat our quiet time with the Lord? We allow distractions to pull us away and we give only a part of our heart, mind, and spirit to engage in the moment. Matthew 22:37 (NKJV) reminds us, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” When we do less than this we cheat ourselves, because God is worthy of so much more.
God is worthy of our full attention.
God is worthy of our full attention. #VineWords #Distractedliving #GlendaShouse Click To TweetOur Heavenly Father wants all that is within us to be surrendered to Him. He wants our full attention, and it is a gift we can give Him, to surrender.
How many tasks can you juggle at one time?
Heavenly Father, thank You that You love me even when I come to You distracted by many things. Teach me to be in the moment, fully focused on You and Your will for my life. In Your Son Jesus’s Name, Amen.
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GLENDA SHOUSE
Glenda Shouse is a devotion writer who is published at Answers2Prayer, Christian Devotions Ministries, PresbyCan, The Upper Room, and other ministries.
She is an Editor and a devotion writer for VineWords: Devotions and More. She is a Contributing Author to Love-Knots: Stories of Faith, Family, and Friendships (VineWords Publishing).
Glenda’s prayer shawl ministry, Three-Strand Cord, focuses on imparting hope to ladies going through difficult times. Each recipient is gifted with a hand-crocheted or knitted prayer shawl. When possible, Glenda delivers these shawls personally and prays for each individual.
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Thank you, sister. This is such a vital message. Sad to say–my first “quiet times” with the Lord were during my commute to work in my car, while traveling bumpy backroads. I think my guardian angel worked overtime. Lol! God DOES deserve our full attention.
Glenda you manage to pack a barrage of punches in such a short lesson. “God is worthy of our full attention.” So true and so good.”
He is worthy and so good to us.
Amen.. Lord help to keep me focused. Well said Glenda. Thank you
Loved this, Glenda! Great reminder to keep our focus.
Thanks Mandy, God is so good to us.
Thanks for comment.
What a wonderful devotional, but I must say that my toes are sore right now.
I love how God corrects us from habits that will harm our relationship with Him and cost us joy that only comes from our Father above.
Thank you, Glenda, for this devotion.
Thank you Ed for the comment and thank God for His goodness and mercy.