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Being a person who enjoys order I make a list of things I wish to get done before the week is over. Mondays usually find me going over that list and making final plans to carry it out. This list not only helps me get things done but also gives me a sense of accomplishment when it is completed. I find the list method a good one for me. However, this approach to life has one serious drawback. Life does not always go along with my list. I get some interruptions that force me to redo my list. For example as I am writing these words the phone rings. Someone is having surgery today and they were not on my list. Now I have to redo what I am doing today and this could mean that something on the list has to wait.
Interruptions can be a source of concern. They can even bother us and cause us to lose some joy. But God is into interruptions. Sometimes He interrupts us and gets our attention. There are times He stops us dead in our tracks and forces us to look at where we are and where we are going. Sometimes He surprises us with an moment of grace and love and we sit amazed that the interruption was so good. Maybe life is more in the interruptions than in the plans. I need to think more about this and be more open to God’s Spirit which calls us out of the routine and into new ways of living and acting.
August 11th, 2010 at 3:05 pm I often think that interruptions are God’s way of getting my attention off of my agenda and onto His agenda.