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Those Little Annoying Things...

I am so easily distracted...I could be doing the dishes and if I think of something I will leave the water running to attend to something else...and so it goes. I'm looking around my house today and I can tell that my focus has been on so many other things...the dust bunnies aren't dust bunnies anymore...they look more like those huge tumbleweeds you see in cowboy movies. Yesterday after church, I cuddled next to my hot husband and started to whimper...yes, whimper, because I felt so bad that the house was such a mess. And his response was, "Right now the house looks perfect, cause I'm looking straight ahead." LOL...he was watching the Knicks play. That guys cracks me up. So today I am cleaning and scrubbing on hands and knees making sure everything is in order for the week. When things are not in order, even I am not at peace or happy. But that's another blog.
To be easily distracted and not focused leads to unbalanced and crazy lives. I experience it all the time. I know that when I am not focused on what God has called me to do or on what's in front of me I lose sight of the real deal, the purpose for the moment, the purpose for my life. I need to be intentional (there's that word again) on being focused. I need to be intentional in getting my current task completed so that I may peacefully go to the next one. I am convinced that God wants us to live orderly lives. It is clear since the beginning of time. In Genesis, He created the earth, then He created the sun and the moon and stars. Imagine if he hadn't been focused? What would life be like now...sun at night, stars out in the daylight, ocean on top, birds talkin', frogs flyin'...it would truly be a crazy world. So I think that, yeah, He wants us to be organized and focused in this crazy and unfocused world.
So let's get to it. Let's be intentional about being focused and organized. Now don't come over and look in the closets...that's my sister's job. But as far as the things that matter and are super important, let's remain focused on His love for us, how He adores us, our purpose, our health, our families, our ministries...all that God as entrusted to us...let's be intentional about being focused on those things. He loves us way too much to leave us unchallenged and unchanged. Does He still love me all frazzled and lunatic-like...absolutely He does. But He is a God of change and metamorphoses...He loves to see His butterflies go from being a tiny, scraggly strange looking caterpillar to a beautiful, colorful butterfly. Does the butterfly become a butterfly without a struggle or a fight...nope! It has to fight and struggle it's way out of it's cocoon it order to be what and who God created it to be...sort of like you and me.
So press on and let's do this thing!

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