It's Only Three Minutes (Of The One Thing)!

This morning I clicked on the Advent video meditation for the day and closed my eyes to listen. Immediately this noise was in my head: “You need to make your daughter’s lunch…Oh hey the laundry needs folding…Did you talk to Bran about the car…” and the loudest one of all, “You don’t have three minutes to sit with your eyes closed.”

It took mental effort to remind myself: You have three minutes; everything else will wait.

This all happened so quickly that if I hadn’t trained to pay attention to my thoughts the loudest voices would have compelled me to shut my laptop and jump up.

Training matters.

Best part? Today’s Advent meditation was about noticing God’s joy throughout creation…and grabbing some for yourself.

Which you are able to do only if you’re not running off to fold the laundry.

Here’s the link to today’s meditation, just in case you need three minutes of the One Thing: paying attention to God’s presence in your life, right now.

(The video meditation series is a gift from School For Seekers for any donation over $5. You can get them here.)