Focused?

Are you easily distracted? or do you consider yourself a very focused individual?

We just returned from a very enjoyable vacation in Europe. I thank God for special friends that joined us and we had a great time!

We visited Paris and had two days in this most beautiful city...We hit the ground running because we wanted to experience everything. Everything we did was with a focus in mind. When on the Eiffel Tower I enjoyed the beauty of the mass construction. While in line to go up the tower I focused on the various people that surrounded me from all over the world. This tower is visited by 30,000 a day! Wow!

We traveled by train to Venice from Paris. We had a sleeper compartment with two small bunkbeds. Anything you did on the train you had to stay focused to do... otherwise you could make a mess....I spent most of the night praying because I could not sleep. (I found out the next day that Jeanette and Garry didn't sleep a wink either. Only Harold slept..cause he was the only one that took a sleeping pill). That night I prayed for everyone I could think of....that was better than counting sheep...because the sheep kept jumping off the train...

We got to Venice and got on a water taxi to our hotel which was an island to itself. "Beautiful"!! We walked the property and found a small chapel that was being restored. We used this opportunity to have Sunday morning worship! We prayed and thanked God for His blessings!


We continued after a few days stay in Venice and then got on a train to Florence, Italy then we rented a car and visited Seina and Ovieto in Italy. Then we drove to Rome....

When you are focused you are able to see things clearly.....There was so much to see that it could all drive you crazy because your head is constantly turning and you don't want to miss anything. I re-focused and saw the things that were important to me....I walked by the streets and really looked at my surroundings and I walked by people that the Lord prompted me to pray for and I did pray for them as I walked past them.

I encourage you to take a vacation and when you do, stay focused on God. Never leave Him behind. Let Him show you things that are important to Him. "Ask Him" to show you these things. I'm not trying to say that oh we were so holy....I'm saying that we had a great time. We laughed, we shopped!!!! We ate!!! But our focus stayed on God....His goodness, His favor.
We maintained our identity in Him first.

Harold shared something interesting in our Small Group dinner last night...."When Peter stepped out of the boat and attempted to walk on water....its says in the scripture that he saw the wind. I believe that when we step out in faith we walk or step into the spiritual realm .. we then are able to see things that we've never seen before. Sometimes these things may scare us because like Peter we've never seen the wind.... and if we just stay focused on Jesus He will assure us and if we just take that second step we will be able to see the things that Jesus sees and that He knows.

Stay Focused on God in all things and He will show you great things!