Finding Peace

I was talking to some of my friends some time ago about how busy we are these days and we got onto the subject of multi-tasking. The conversation turned to some of the things they see their kids do: things like scrolling through Instagram while they’re watching tv, and messaging a group of friends all at the same time. Then we got to talking about some of the things we see adults doing, like driving down the road while shaving. One of my friends said he actually saw someone driving down the road, eating a bowl of cereal on his way to work – cereal bowl balanced on the steering wheel!  

How productive do we actually need to be?

C.S. Lewis wrote, “The future is something which every one of us reaches at the same rate of 60 minutes an hour.” It doesn’t matter who you are, or what you do. We have a choice. We can continue to try and balance more and more – and find ourselves racing through life, or we can work on our ability to say “no.” 

Many people today feel distant from God – spiritually dry. But, when our hands are so full and our minds so preoccupied, is it any wonder?

May you pause today and consider: What truly gives your life meaning and joy? What might you let go of, to get more of that?

Let us pray: God here we are, your children. We know that you have given us a path that leads to peace and wholeness. Sometimes it feels like we are stumbling in the dark looking for that path. Sometimes we’re too distracted to care. Lord, we love you. We need your grace in our lives… So we ask you to help us set priorities that reflect our deepest needs. Give us new energy, new passion, new faithfulness – that our lives would be whole and open to you. We ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.