Rabbit trails can be my undoing.
What’s a rabbit
trail?
A rabbit trail is a
detour, a tangent, or a winding way that takes one way off course. This isn’t
just the fascinating side trip, which frequently leads to a worthwhile
adventure or learning experience. No, a rabbit trail usually winds up in a dead
end and a whole lot of wasted time and energy.
Remember the White Rabbit in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland? This high-energy, but easily distracted hare frequently arrived late
to important engagements.
Why? He followed rabbit
trails!
Rabbit trails seem to pop up everywhere – when one is trying to work.
As a self-employed
professional, I spend plenty of time on my computer. My responsibilities call
for plenty of research, fact-checking, editing, sourcing, networking, and
promotion. But the internet can be a black hole of distractions.
I can be intently
focused on a project, only to glance at the folder tabs at the top of my
computer screen and find myself lured away by a wholly different deadline or
distraction. When I work on deadline, I have to switch off the sound settings
on my system, just to keep notification alerts from pinging me away from the
task at hand.
How I need
God to direct my steps – in my walk of life AND my daily details.
Sometimes I wonder
if it may take a lot more focus to look to God in the smaller things than in
those major life decisions.
When we face an
important crossroads, such as a potential long-distance relocation or a career
change, we usually stop and pray first. Or at least, we know we should.
But it’s easy to
skip that critical communication with our Creator, Shepherd, and Lover of our
souls, when we’re plunking away in our daily routines.
Today’s Bible
promise offered me a reset, pointing me back to the Source of all wisdom for
guidance in things both great and small.
Trust God from the bottom of
your heart.
Don’t try to figure out everything on your own.
Listen for God’s
voice in everything you do,
everywhere you go.
He’s the one who will keep you
on track.
(Proverbs 3:5-6, MSG)
Maybe you memorized
this verse in the past, using a more traditional Bible translation. In most
Scripture versions, this passage refers to God’s guiding or directing His
follower’s path. I love that concept. But for today, I chose The Message, because I appreciate the
reminder that God can keep even the most easily distracted among us on track.
Oh, Lord. Put me back on Your path … and keep me
there today. Help me to ignore those intriguing rabbit trails.
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