Everyday Choices by Dominic (Kathryn wouldn't be this moody...)

This life is so short, and so full of bewildering choices...

Every day, I’m seized by thoughts of: what should I read today? What should I watch? What should I be listening to? It fills my mind much more often than thoughts of God, thoughts of blessing my family or phoning a friend, thoughts of praying for others in need. I do these from time to time and pat myself on the back for my sterling service…

Those thoughts intrude from time to time, and I may reflect on them with a guilty pause for a moment or two; then I’m distracted again by thoughts of – “Survivor this week! Who’s going to get voted off this week? Or “Amazing Race” on Sunday – it was good last week, wasn’t it?” Or, I must go off to the grocery store, so I can listen to a couple more tracks from that Coldplay album…

On Amazon, they have literally hundreds of novels for me to read! Their recommendations are excellent.  They’ve got enough to keep me entranced for years and years! I’m on “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and it’s good, in fact I’m reading a lot more of that than the Bible, that’s for sure.  There’s so much I should be reading! How about those Economists that keep coming in – I can’t keep up with them!

I’m a distracted 42 year old guy, with my days passing by ever faster. I’d like to project this image that I’m this spiritually mature guy, well-rounded in scripture and a deacon candidate for goodness sake! I just don’t  see it myself – at least not today. I do know God is faithful. He is so faithful. He already knows the end of my story – and my only hope is that I’m wrapped up in Christ.