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Glenda Shouse: Distracted Living

VineWords Devotions and More

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 sugar cookies and write a devotion at the same time. The results were not what I intended.

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. 

Our 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? Should you?

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’ name. Amen.

Genre: Non-fiction

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About Glenda Shouse

Glenda Shouse is a devotion writer for VineWords: Devotions and More, and a contributing author to Love-Knots: Stories of Faith, Family, and Friendships, Volumes One and Two (VineWords Publishing). Her prayer shawl ministry, Three-Strand Cord, focuses on imparting hope to ladies going through difficult times. Those who know Glenda are aware of her gifting as a prayer warrior. She is published at Answers2Prayer, Christian Devotions Ministries, PresbyCan, The Upper Room, and other ministries. In her spare time, Glenda enjoys her role as “Grammy” to her two grandsons. She also enjoys reading, crocheting, and knitting.

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Glenda Shouse: Distracted Living — 9 Comments

  1. 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.

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  2. 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.”

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  6. 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.

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