thoughts on the news of the day: focus

hmmm…..

            Here I sit, waiting to write my blog, but the words won’t come.  I checked the news as I do each morning when I begin my writing.  Today there are pictures of volcanoes in Japan, stories about young athletes badgered by recruiters on facebook and an article about protests against Chick-fil-a for supporting an anti-gay marriage group.  All are good stories but none are inviting me to engage with them. I don’t feel compelled to share my thoughts about any of them.

            Sure, volcanoes in Japan, especially volcanoes with lightening are a spectacular sight.  News about abuses of social networking is definitely worthy of note and gay marriage? Now, there’s a controversial topic.  But I don’t want to be spectacular or interesting or controversial today. I want a connection; I want to be s-p-i-r-i-t-u-a-l.  

            I’ve lost my focus a little lately; I have left God out of the equation.  It’s not a good thing and it doesn’t feel good.   We do that occasionally, though. We get distracted and we separate from the reality of God in our lives.   It is said that even the saints among us lose touch with their Maker every once in a while.  And just realizing the error brings us back to the awareness that God is God and we are not -- never will be.  Thank God.

            hmmm…..