We are what we do.

 We are what we do....

Our lives are made up of all our inner thoughts and outward actions. 

It is beautiful to be in communion with God each day, talking and listening, interacting and learning, going deeper into His purposes, understanding more of His heart for the world. 

However......

We seem to show interest in things of life often for a brief time before moving on to something else.

Look at the news cycles, and we find that even massive news events eventually fade out to be replaced with other things, even if they are clearly more trivial. The human mind's ability to concentrate for a length of time seems to be shrinking. 

(Possibly this is due to being used to watching clips that last for seconds and not minutes, and modern media consumption that often involves scrolling through multitudes of brief reports, videos or even faster image montages. I'm just guessing though....) 

Five minutes now seems like such a long time. Before this current age five minutes was barely anything.

So if we are struggling to last five minutes in stillness...

There is hope!

We can improve our concentration by practicing,

 and this is the beauty of daily time listening to God. 

We begin and it does seem hard, but then we continue, and we find we can hold our thoughts present towards God, and start to enjoy the experience of deeper relationship with Him.

I now feel a sense of wellbeing and true joy when I focus on listening to God, and when I am aware of His presence I am truly blessed. Of course He is always with us, but often our minds are too full of the other things of life to really notice. 

I encourage us to find somewhere where we can be intentionally present with God, and we will find over time a wonderful journey begins to unfold in our lives.

I want to be a friend of God. I want my inner thoughts and outward actions each day to lead me closer to Him, rather than further away. Spending five minutes listening to Him is only one of many actions in life, but it is a good part that can only bring blessing.

 Please try it sometime.