Focus

Have you ever experienced those times in some sort of setting where you know you should be paying attention, but you keep catching your mind wandering to other things. Some people get this all the time, however I had not really experienced it until I started going through the stresses of the past 6 months or so. In Bible Study or church when I know good and well God has something for me, my mind just takes a detour! Sometimes it moves to the issues that have plagued my week, sometimes it is about the loose hair clinging to the jacket of the woman in front of me.

This provided an opportunity (again) for some divine guidance. I still haven't shared the first two times. One is fairly personal in regards to my marriage--which I have no problem sharing but my dh is not a fan of airing the details of our marriage publically. The 2nd was more related to this topic, so I'll do a nice combo for y'all.

About three weeks ago, sitting in Bible Study--we are doing a Beth Moore series--I was watching (but not actually watching) the video portion. I was in la-la-land. I had no concept of what she was saying. For those of you who have done Beth Moore studies in the past, you know how strange that is. That woman is amazing! But I digress...

So as I am starting to realize I am not focused, but doing nothing about it THE VOICE came again. "Melinda, ask me to help you focus." You know, I've been prompted by the Holy Spirit many times before, but this whole first person thing is definitely getting my attention. So I bowed, blocked everything out and asked God to grab my attention. Wouldn't you know it, not five minutes later in the video Beth said something along the lines of "If you haven't been paying attention, you better start now." And she proceeded to speak the verses that met me just where I was at that morning.

The issues with focus haven't gotten better, but God has been faithful to remind me to ask him for what I need. This morning we were in Eugene at my home church and during WORSHIP, I was off again. I was singing the words, but there was no thought involved. God stopped me and got me back on track. Praise God.

I've been remiss in blogging of late, so I am committing now to blogging soon about visiting my home church. Stay tuned.

God Speaks

Let me apologize for not writing earlier. Life happens and I lose track of everything. But I just wanted to share something cool that hasn't happened to me before. God spoke to me. Twice, actually. Not in a inspiriational Bible passage, not a Sunday morning special, no gentle inner nudge from the Holy Spirit, nor through a friend. It wasn't out loud, but beyond a shadow of a doubt he spoke words to my mind's ear. It was as if I was replaying what I had previously heard out loud in my head.

What he actually told me will take a lot more back story than I have time to do right now, but I just thought I would share. I will say this--while both times were important and timely, they were neither crisis moments nor times when I was pleading for answers. They were just when HE knew I needed something.

Hopefully this is only the beginning.