Multi-tasking has always seemed to be a good idea. Just think how much more you can accomplish when doing 5 things at once.
However, I've realized that I seem to be less attentive to the person on the other end of the phone when I'm reading emails. And eating an ice cream cone is much less satisfying if I'm driving at the same time. Or trying to have a meaningful conversation during commercials is pretty much impossible.
Which got me to thinking about praying. Have you ever used your drive time for your daily prayer time? Not that there's anything intrinsically wrong with it, but I wonder if God ever feels shortchanged in the exchange. If my mind needs to be focused on the road, my prayers tend to be "Oh yeah, and something else..." rather than intentional time with my Creator.
If prayer at its best is a conversation between two parties who have a deep and committed relationship of love, then it seems that a drivetime snippet is far unworthy a manner of communicating. In order to listen, I need to focus on one thing and one thing only.
Maybe multi-tasking is why so many believers say they never can hear God speaking to them.
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Mon, August 11, 2008
by Gloria Ruppel