Something

This last weekend Ezekiel, Hannah, Dan, and I went down to Branson, Missouri to attend Ben Huseby and Shannon Crayton’s wedding, which I must say was beautiful. Eleven plus hours in the car, by anyone’s standards is a long way. It has been our family’s habit to track all of the state license plates we see in a given trip, so even though the kids are older and don’t necessarily need activities to keep them occupied I did it anyway. Maybe it was me all the while that needed to have something to do.

We were half way through Illinois when I looked up with a start and realized that I had not been paying attention to the cars’ license plates as we passed. This happened a few times in Illinois. It was not something bad or evil, just other things as simple as a good ice tea or a cross word puzzle or a song on the radio.

My mind ran to God and I was sad to think this is what I do with God. I am traveling through life having a relationship with God and something distracts me. I find myself a few days down life and realize I have lost focus on God. I know this happens in my life. Life gets busy and God becomes a goal that is pushed to the back of my thoughts.

So what to do? On the trip I had to keep turning my mind to the car license plates and I am afraid that is just what I must do in my relationship with God. Every time I look up and realize my priorities are off of God my mind must be turned back to the goal the priority of relationship with God.