May 12, 2006

Define... Interesting? (part 1)

Luke 10:41,42: 41"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, 42but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her." -NIV

There used to be an old saying (from Roman Times I believe) It went “May you live in interesting times.” When it was said you really didn’t know if the person was wishing you good or harm. Interesting times are hard to define. Many of us today live in interesting times. Times that we really don’t know how else to define. These days it is hard to go anywhere without being exposed to thousands of things that are designed to distract us. Why? Because we crave distraction from our routine, we want to be involved, connected, part of something special so we go out and find something to do. There are today hundreds of thousands of things that are interesting that can be found instantly. You can go on Google or Ask or Yahoo and find out about … well anything. Hours can be spent each day just following up on some obscure fact about yak meat in Tibet. (I know I did that one day don’t ask me why because I really couldn’t tell you.) Some of us allow ourselves to be distracted by our work, our play or things around the house. The thing is all this distracts you from your life and your life is what God wants you to live.

Find the person who needs you or, be the person that others who are struggling need you to be. Be steady, be strong, be … boring if necessary because frankly to the people who depend on you that is interesting. Let us not get distracted from what we need to do. Above all, let us keep our focus on God.