Too Much Information

How many times in our day do we feel like someone shares too much information (TMI) with us?  If you work in an office like I do and answer phones it is probably every day.  If you have friends, like I do, with whom you are comfortable sharing the most intimate details of their life with then it is safe to say it is very often.  But how often do we get bogged down with an overload of information and temporarily lose our way?  I don't mean this in a negative way exactly, so hear me out.

My office is a high stress, high volume office.  I get multiple phone calls every day with people asking for help for some issue or another.  I have a constant line of traffic in and out of my office to see me and/or my boss.  Some come to visit; some come to complain.  Some I can help; some there is no help for.  It is just the nature of my job.  I knew what it was when I signed up for it, and for the most part I am good at what I do and the stress doesn't bother me.  But with the TMI of the job I do get a little lost from time to time and the "Me" in the situation is overlooked or simply pushed to the side because I don't have the time.  I get through the whole day and am a bit frazzled and realize that I have been running and never stopped long enough to even spend a minute to think about what I need in the midst of thinking about what everyone else needs.

On my drive home recently, during a bit of some of the only quite time I get, I was think as I often do and I was stuck with what I feel was a word from God...

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalms 46:10

How often do we really do that?  How often do we allow ourselves the time to be still and listen?  How often do we slow down an appreciate what God has provided for us and truly enjoy the beauty He surrounds us with every day?

I realized that when I take a moment during the day to actually  get out of my chair, go to the window and look through the trees to the river, and take in the beauty just sitting there to be enjoyed it refreshes me.  Or if I can slow down long enough to enjoy a few minutes with my friends at work and talk about our lives and not work it makes the day a little more enjoyable and can keep me focused.  It is the good parts of life that God gives us that make everything else tolerable.  Our days are filled with TMI.  Computers, phones, radios, co-workers, cars, customers, the list could go on and on coming at us all day long.  Depending on who you are and what you do, your evenings are probably filled with tvs, cooking, children, friends, spouses, shopping, cars, and any number of outside distractions.  Some of us have difficulty finding time to just be still and listen to what God is trying to tell us.

Every night for a few minutes when I get a little quiet time as I am going to bed I take the time to pray.  I make it a point to pray for the strength to walk this journey out the next day and thank God that he gave me the strength I needed today.  I know that in this world of TMI I cannot do this on my own and will never naturally own the strength it takes to walk this journey alone.  Only with the support and love of my friends and family and the strength and guidance given by God will I make it to my final goal.

Trust Your Journey and thank you for following with me on mine.