Easily Distracted

I must confess that I am easily distracted. Especially in the world today, there’s so many things taking place. So many trials and tribulations of those who are struggling to survive.

I get distracted by wanting to help everybody. To stand up for truth and for the oppressed. I want to speak out against Injustice, and inhumanity. I want to change the world.

But the reality is I can only change myself. And by focusing externally, I get lost. Not that it is bad to help others. We should do that. I do, do that.

But real change must take place within our own hearts and within our own lives. We should be the change we want to see in the world.

So turn off the news, stop scrolling social media, and get alone with God. Get yourself a 1997 Book of Common Prayer, and begin to do the daily office. Start with the individual devotions.

And then begin to read a chapter of the Bible everyday. But don’t read to finish the chapter, read it with thoughtfulness. Read it with prayerfulness. Read it and reflect upon what you’re reading. How does it apply to you today? Listen for what God is saying to you.

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Jay N. Forrest

I am a Christian Teacher focused on the Pursuit of God through Prayer, Contemplation, Silence, Solitude, and Simplicity. I became a Christian in 1983, attended Bible school, and eventually earned my Doctorate in Ministry. I served as a Protestant minister for 27 years and also spent about a decade practicing Buddhism. In 2005, I was baptized into the Catholic Church, but have since joined the Episcopal Church. I live in the desert southwest of the United States.

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