Waiting...

Sometimes it is so difficult to be focused. I tried to spend a good amount of quality time just listening to the Lord and seeking Him out, but I found myself not being able to focus for more than a few moments before thinking about other things. Baseball, the sun, basketball, guitar, relationships...kind of frustrating. I found it helpful to read some of the Psalms to help me pray my heart out. I know I need more of God, to be poor in Spirit, so I will continue to seek Him and trust that He will continue to be patient with my wandering mind.

On a different note, I was finishing up 1 Timothy the other day, and I think Paul was probably the original founder of Focus on the Family. Dobson's got nothing on him. Paul is emphatic on the importance of caring for one's family, especially the immediate relatives. He claimed that those who don't look after their own family are "worse than unbelievers," implying those who didn't claim to be Christians thought it normal and expected to take care of their own family, and so should Christians. In America, the family is becoming less and less connected and people are becoming more and more independent. Often times the attitude is to let everyone fend for themselves. I have to look out for number one. Paul calls us to not only love our neighbor, but to love and care for our own brother/parent/grandma. It was a good reminder for me to read that.