The things that distract and sidetrack me…. I let them have
too much power. Surprisingly, they can be petty, small things that prove to be
amazingly strong.
Moments ago, I stopped on my way through the family room to
stand in front of the patio door, indulging in the warmth of the sunshine. I
even contemplated moving my desk to that spot because I loved it! I leaned my
back onto the glass and melted. Maybe I should just put a sweater on, but it
distracted me.
See there! Another distraction! The very sentence I typed out
caused me to run upstairs to grab a sweater. But now I AM much warmer. While upstairs
innocently grabbing that sweater, it crossed my mind that the dryer will stop
any minute now. Will I submit to the buzzer when it calls me up there?
Probably. I hate wrinkles in my clothes.
I can tie pretty much anything to some verse in the Bible and
this topic is no exception. As I wrote in my journal this morning, I saw a
piece to my puzzle emerge.
See there! Mother Nature called and I ran upstairs again.
Well, that was a necessary distraction that I couldn’t ignore, but while I was
up there I could totally have ignored the call of my Satin Hands in a pocket on
the back of the bathroom door. Before I knew it I was exfoliating my hands. While
yes – they’re incredibly soft now, it could have waited till after I’m finished
writing. But by then, I’d have forgotten all about it and my hands would have
been ignored. It’s a losing battle, I tell ya!
I recently joined a group on Facebook, hosted by a friend of
mine [shout out to Debbie Mussack!] called Focanize Support Group. In this
group we’ll hopefully unearth some solutions for those of us who are focus and
organizationally challenged.
The puzzle piece that emerged while journaling this morning
has an odd shape, one that might be hard to analyze, but compelling to look at.
Tying this puzzle piece into scripture is easy, introducing
it to my life might be a little harder.
The phrase “fullness of time” popped into my head concerning
whatever I was writing about, and it bounced around until it landed in this
topic of being unorganized and my lack of focus and discipline.
In the Bible we read it in places that say things like, “But
when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman,
made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might
receive the adoption of sons.” – Galatians 4:4-5 KJV Meaning, when the time
was right.
Intrigue swirled in my brain asking, “Hmmm. Is there a
fulness of time when I will successfully address all my shortcomings and whatever
is behind them will be resolved?” And THAT’S when it dawned on me in a
realistic way that there are ISSUES behind my shortcomings! (Duh!)
Well, that bit of the puzzle piece fit into place nicely, but
now it’s time to explore what those issues might be and deal with them. Yikes!
This will be the challenging part. Is the time right? Is it now?
What things in my mind need to be addressed without breaking
my heart?
What are the procrastination traps that keep showing up in my
path? What are the roots of the focus / organizational challenges in my life?
As I explore this with God holding my hand AND my heart, I’ll
write updated blog posts to share my discoveries with you.
How do YOU handle the little dysfunctions in your life?
How do YOU get and stay organized? How do you get and stay
disciplined and focused?
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose
under the heavens…” – Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV
