Distract me not

Picture by Jesslyn Bates

Lately, I have had an especially hard time maintaining my focus. I am not talking about just that annoying thing where you walk into a room for some purpose and by the time you get there you have forgotten why you went. I am talking full on can't remember three seconds ago what you said you would do. (Maybe I have a brain tumor?) (maybe not...) I really have no idea why I can't seem to stay focused these days. Some times I feel like I just woke up and looked around wondering where the heck I am. Poor husband has had to put up with this a lot lately, including me forgetting I am cooking dinner and burning the meat, as well as forgetting I put laundry in the washer and it smelling like moldy cotton days later. I will go to look something up on the Internet, only to find that ten minutes later I have not only forgotten what I was going to find, but also the three other thoughts I had right after that. Good grief!

Days like this I am glad that we are not in this world alone. I am grateful for an ever patient father in heaven who can guide us when we are lost in the wilderness. With all the distractions that the world throws at us, it is truly only by grace that we can keep going in the right direction.