Feb
27
Written by:
Spence Hackney
2/27/2006 7:52 AM
Why is it that I can concentrate on the code for a new web site for a few hours without taking a break, but I can't concentrate on the Word for more than 10 minutes. When I read it seems like I constantly have to go back and reread passages and work to maintain my focus. This is not the case when I do my day to day work. Why is this? Why am I so easily distracted? I am sure that part of it is that I have been conditioned to focus on my work area, but not on my Bible reading. Part of it my also be some attacks of Satan, the great confuser. Part of it may be that I don't much like to read at this point, and when I do I like to read web-style in quick bite-sized chunks. But it seems that there is more to this and it troubles me. I seem to be so distracted that I can no longer concentrate on spiritual matters. Granted, it is not always like this, in January I was averaging 3-4 devotional blog posts a week, while in February I have posted two.
So what can I do about this? The first thing I can think to do is to pray that the Lord would give me an insatiable spiritual hunger. The other thing I can do is simply keep going through the motions through self-discipline, even when I feel distracted. Honestly though, I wish I could fix the problem calling this. Maybe I can move to Walnut Grove!
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