Recently I've felt an urgency to rid my life of as many distractions as possible. Seems to be from the Lord. As I've prayed about it, the word "distraction" is taking on a much wider meaning than I would have given it.
Did you know that "dis" in the Latin means "apart, asunder, separated"? For instance if you "dis-associate" from someone, you separate yourself from them. "Traction" is an interesting word. Medically, it is "a deliberate, prolonged pulling of a muscle by weights to correct dislocation or to relieve pressure."
Distractions put me under pressure. How 'bout you? I get pulled in so many different directions that I sometimes just shut down. I get overwhelmed and want to do nothing.
At first I write a list of all the things that are keeping me from focusing on the priority. Then I systematically start completing each thing on the list. The problem: the priority is still untouched - therefore it's not the priority! The distractions become the priority. Silly, huh?
If God is saying to remove the distractions, then maybe He means "focus on traction". What is dislocated? What is under pressure? What needs the "weight" in order to correct the problem? I've been focusing so much on the "distractions" that I missed the area that most needs my attention, the broken part that needs a little stretching; the part that is dislocated, not completely connected to the Source.
In fact, maybe I need some "attraction". "At" = toward, before. Something that draws toward traction. Medical traction can be a little painful. Sometimes it hurts to get whole. I personally seldom run toward anything that is difficult [smile]. But Jesus said that "for the joy set before Him" He endured the cross. Impending joy - the hope of joy. "Let the broken bones rejoice!"
The joy of the Lord is attractive. It just might be enough to help me ignore the distractions (the things that separate me from the health treatment of God) and focus fully on allowing God's weight to bear on my spiritually dislocated limbs; to rest in the medical "traction" of God.
Copyright 2007 Sharon Denise Dorminy
Did you know that "dis" in the Latin means "apart, asunder, separated"? For instance if you "dis-associate" from someone, you separate yourself from them. "Traction" is an interesting word. Medically, it is "a deliberate, prolonged pulling of a muscle by weights to correct dislocation or to relieve pressure."
Distractions put me under pressure. How 'bout you? I get pulled in so many different directions that I sometimes just shut down. I get overwhelmed and want to do nothing.
At first I write a list of all the things that are keeping me from focusing on the priority. Then I systematically start completing each thing on the list. The problem: the priority is still untouched - therefore it's not the priority! The distractions become the priority. Silly, huh?
If God is saying to remove the distractions, then maybe He means "focus on traction". What is dislocated? What is under pressure? What needs the "weight" in order to correct the problem? I've been focusing so much on the "distractions" that I missed the area that most needs my attention, the broken part that needs a little stretching; the part that is dislocated, not completely connected to the Source.
In fact, maybe I need some "attraction". "At" = toward, before. Something that draws toward traction. Medical traction can be a little painful. Sometimes it hurts to get whole. I personally seldom run toward anything that is difficult [smile]. But Jesus said that "for the joy set before Him" He endured the cross. Impending joy - the hope of joy. "Let the broken bones rejoice!"
The joy of the Lord is attractive. It just might be enough to help me ignore the distractions (the things that separate me from the health treatment of God) and focus fully on allowing God's weight to bear on my spiritually dislocated limbs; to rest in the medical "traction" of God.
