We are so lucky. In the US we are distracted with our job, friends, family, happy hour, parties, church functions, Friday and Saturday nights, TV, movies, shopping, freedom of going anywhere we want, dinner, the internet, bills, cable, career, climbing the corporate ladder, etc. I have abandoned all of these things to give this next year of my life to what God wants to do with me, without the typical distractions of my life. Don’t get me wrong, there is still shopping, movies and some other luxuries here but it is so much easier to choose to spend time with God everyday and for hours at a time. I am just starting to learn the joy in spending long periods of time listening to worship music, reading the bible and praying….. because there isn’t that much else I can do. I can’t turn on the TV and zone out, I can’t call up JP or Carol and see if they want to go to dinner or grab a margarita. (Which, by the way, I REALLY miss. xoxo). I am being forced to slow down and feed my soul with healthy and life giving substance. This is something that I would have never been able to do in the US because it’s so hard for me to slow down, unless it’s forced. And, for all of those who know me, can you believe it’s not driving me crazy? I’m embracing it!
