Multitasking

When was the last time you actually slowed down? There is a metaphor in the book Fahrenheit 451 that we do not take enough time to just STOP and look at things. Seriously. Our lives have become one big multitask. I cannot use a computer without also listening to music, and having at least ten different windows open to flip between while accomplishing a myriad tasks (or so it seems). Every day when I wake up, I must compulsively check both my main email accounts and Facebook, even though I know there will most likely only be something of idle curiosity's interest awaiting me once I log in (and a daily helping of completely uncalled for spam). Many mornings I also feel the need to straighten out my God-given wavy hair into something society deems to be prettier. And yet again - while I wait for the straightener to heat up, I feel as though I'm wasting time just standing there, waiting to start doing something else.

So what is the point to all of this? Today's worries are enough for today. Tomorrow will worry about itself. We're a society of constantly thinking and planning ahead, scheduling our days down to the last iota of time. And it seems that no matter where you are on the scale of life's activities, your plate always seems too full. People are constantly vying for your time (most often to only try and make a buck off of you), and schedules are unyielding to the human stresses of a digital age.

We multitask enough. But I honestly don't think we were meant to. Let God do the multitasking. Seriously. He's good at it. He didn't intend for our lives to be one chaotic mess of a day after another. He created us for His glory, and I highly doubt it involves scheduling yourself to where you can't even spend time with God.

God is the convergence, the mediator, and to put it in Newsboys terms, the lover of our souls. He should be at the center of everything we do.

So stop. Turn off the TV, the music, the computer, even the lights; the crazed life society wants you to have. Then go outside and enjoy the beautiful earth He gave us - and know that God is. I think you'll be able to hear Him a lot better.