Interruptions

Have you ever had one of those days where you can't seem to finish anything, even a thought or sentence without being interrupted?  Maybe the doorbell or timer goes off.  Maybe the phone is ringing, or someone keeps texting you or maybe a child needs your help or needs to "just to tell you something."  Sometimes interruptions happen.  It can become frustrating when all you need to do or finish is this one thing.  Right now my life feels like this more than I would like to admit. In the constant doing for someone or chores that need to be done, I feel like I am on this hamster wheel, but I am not going very fast I am just spinning in circles.  The interruptions are like a reset button and I have to climb back on the wheel to get it spinning again and start all over.  

As Pentecost is coming I wonder what the apostles thought when the violent wind came in and what appeared to be tongues of fire where suddenly over their heads.  I can picture Peter looking at John and James about to say,"Who forgot to close the window?" as the fire appeared. And then what an amazing thing happened they were able to speak so that all gathered in Jerusalem could understand. "But wait, Lord!  This language thing is great but we had things to do, to discuss, to plan." I wonder if this thought crossed any of the apostles' minds. I wonder how many time I have said "But wait, Lord!" myself.

Sometimes I welcome those interruptions.  That smiling face so sweet and excited about the tower that he just built all by himself or that phone call from a friend I haven't spoken to in too long.  I am trying to fully enjoy the blessings and gifts God has given me.  But sometimes I fill my schedule with so many things that I think God interrupts my plans to remind me that I need to be present in the now.  I believe this is God's way of telling me to scale back a bit. So this summer that is my goal.  I am going to try to step off the hamster wheel, quiet that constant whirring that has been in my head and be fully present not only in my life but with him.  I am sure I will still be interrupted, but I am going to try to see the daily constant interruptions as opportunities that God has given to me.  
How about you?  What is God trying to tell you in the daily interruptions? 


Prayer
Lord, please help me to turn every interruption into an opportunity to show and share your love.  Forgive me for putting my wants first.  Help me to fully enjoy every day as a gift from you and to be patient, while I listen and wait for you to lead me.

Written by Jodie Wilson

Acts 2 - When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues[g] as the Spirit enabled them.

5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. 7 Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? 9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,[h] 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” 12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

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