Focus is the word that I have chosen to really tune into my life this year.  Lately I have not been feeling very focused.  I feel very stretched out right now.  It is not so much that I am taking on more things to do, I have been good about saying no.  It just seems that everything that I am involved in has suddenly become very busy and urgent.

My job is probably the biggest offender right now.  We have really had to step up our productivity lately and we are waiting on a lot of things to happen to help us out.  My workload can fluctuate a lot and lately there has been little down time.  Throw this on top of the typical craziness of family life and volunteering at church and things get a little crazy in my head.  Its not that I don’t have time to do everything.  It is more about where my brain is focused.

I like to process everything that I do.  Sorry, it is the Computer Scientist in me.  I like to blog about a lot of things that are going on around here.  When I have time to process, think, and dream I feel like everything is working together.  Right now I just feel like I am cranking out widgets on the assembly line of life.  I have moments when everything comes back into focus, but right now my focus is jumping from one thought to another.

I have several projects in my head that I want to start, work on, or complete and I don’t feel like I am getting anywhere.  In layman’s terms, I think I need a vacation.  I think that I may actually unplug for a short period of time in the near future to give myself some time to process everything in my head.

I need to go back and reread my post about being focuse and intentional to remind me where my head should be.

No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers.

Luke 6:43-44

Do you ever wonder about your fruit in ministry?  I occasionally sit back and think about all of the people who I have had the opportunity to inluence in some way.   I hope that I am a good tree bearing good fruit, but I don’t often see big results.  Just a thought that I was having today.  Do you ever wonder about your fruit?

Its no secret that I am a Christian and I try to make time each day to pray. It has become increasingly difficult to find time to pray in my busy life now that my family has grown and there are so many things that I am trying to accomplish every day. I have been reading ‘Too Busy Not To Pray’ by Bill Hybels. This is not the first time that I have read it, but I like to go back and review the fundamentals of my faith as often as I need them. I have been challenged to set aside daily time to pray and read scripture somewhere with no distractions. I have a bad habit of doing this as I go to sleep, but I just end up falling asleep, so this does not really get the job done. Thats like falling asleep on the phone talking to your best friend. Not cool. I also find it hard to avoid distractions. I am formulating a plan to get back to my daily prayer time and I hope to share a story of success here soon.

So I am curious to see what many of you do who consistently get your prayer time in each day. Or maybe you are in the same boat as me and need to find your time as well. It would be nice if I could get some people to comment about this subject. After all, that is part of what a blog is. So lets hear from ya whether you are a good and faithful prayer warrior, or a major prayer slacker like me. You know who you are.

-c-