Let distraction become communion.
| May 4th, 2008I was talking to a good friend the other day about what devotion was when we were bachelors. Following Jesus included extended times of solitude, prayer, and bible study. We had the freedom to take hours (or even days) to just be, to study, to think, to pray, to worship, to commune.
Circumstances have changed for both of us. Wives. Kids. Bills.
Now, I have to re-learn to study, to worship, to pray.
Changing a diaper becomes prayer. “Jesus, thank you for my daughter.”
Picking up around the house becomes worship. “O Lord our Lord how majestic is your name . . .”
Driving the Promise House girls to school becomes study. “Jesus, teach me how to respond to what she just said.”
Communion for me once looked kind of monk-ish. It meant being by myself, in the quiet, no distractions.
I’ve had to learn to let distraction become communion.
You feel me?
I read this article a year or so ago. She says a very similar thing. It changed the way I thought about being a mom and being spiritually disciplined.
@Melody: That is a great article. Thanks for the link.
I’ve noticed that all the classics have become a bit less applicable to me . . . . mainly because they lived a totally different rhythm of life. They spent their days in monasteries . . . . I spend my days with my family and the promise house girls.
Ooooo, that’s good, Ryan. Very good.
That is perfect and so true. I wish I looked at a lot of things this way.
I think I’ll print that off and post it on my fridge.
@Susan: It’s the daily tension of living life in a blatantly physical real, while knowing that there is infinitely more.
@Laura D.: Tell Jackaroo and Carlitos I said Hi!
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