This past week we had to practice the spiritual discipline of solitude. Solitude is the idea of not just being alone but being fully disconnected from the world. In class we defined it as a way to focus on God without any distractions. For me I wanted to try this when it was dark. Just go out sit in a field of darkness by myself without any technology or people within a long distance.
So I did this two different nights and it was at first boring and then kind of relaxing. It was amazing how I felt when I took thirty minutes out of my day to remove myself from all distractions and to focus on God. This discipline was not easy for me. I am an extrovert and I need and crave human interaction. So going out into the dark without any contact was a challenge and I thought it was going to be stupid.
It wasn't stupid though. I was able to focus on one thing, God, That was all that I needed to do was to focus on God and thats what I did. I don't know how well I will do with this one in the future but it was not a failure at all it was a raving success. Trust God take a hour or even half that and get away from it all and just focus. Focus on the one who never stops focusing on you and realize all the things you are missing.
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