Have you ever gone through a period of time when you just seem out of sync? Plans seem to not quite come together smoothly. Daily tasks don't quite flow. Parts of the day run about 10-15 minutes off. It's not that anything major is going wrong...but it's a bunch of little things competing for attention, lots of distractions occur, technology or automobiles start acting up and everything comes together to feel like you are batting at "mosquitos" throughout the day.

This is where I've been living the last few weeks. A combination of technology issues, new projects beginning, extra goals and plans have imploded to where I feel out of control and out of a good flow or rhythm. Tasks are taking longer than I expect, and challenges arise that take time and energy not planned for at the beginning of the day. People need me. When I think I've reached a plateau, new setbacks arise. I wonder if I'm hearing from God correctly...am I following His plan? There are so many directions I could go...where should I go?

(Right now, Chris Tomlin is singing "Amazing God" in the ceiling above me... I think I'll stop to listen...while watching the Reedy River flow at the falls.)

Stopping to listen. Maybe that's the point. I've allowed so many distractions lately...good ones mostly, but even so...my mind has become cluttered again with so many responsibilities and tasks, some related to my propensity to be a doer and to create opportunities...but I wonder if I launched ahead on several things without really being directed by my Father to do them all. Maybe He allows me to come to the end of myself so I will finally look to Him. As the song says, "He sees my heart and He loves me the same." How wonderfully patient He is with me to love me even when I am out of sync or perhaps a bit out of tune with Him.

Lord, allow me to listen today...I know you created a "doer" in me, and I embrace that...but help me not to let the "doing" supercede the listening. Print This