Thanks for joining me! This blog is meant to be a wake up call to myself and anyone who likes to read it. I am a Catholic Christian and will be sharing my thoughts through this lens. Life is not meant for us to just float along and hope for the best. The Lord has an incredible dream for us and we are called to pursue it with everything we have.
So here we go. This first post is a call, a challenge.
I believe that for our day and age, the Lord of the Rings series is about cell phones. Our cell phones are the ring, constantly calling to us, and distracting us. We must be in charge of it, not let it be in charge of us. WE NEED TO WAKE UP!
The LORD is God, not technology. Do not let technology over run your life. Do not let you or your children be taken by the addiction.
What if we were to leave our cell phones at home when we went on a date. Think about having no phones in your meetings at work, or when you go out with a group of friends.
What are we doing? Life is way to short, important, and incredible to waste it staring at a screen, rejecting any sort of silence or “boredom” whatsoever.
If you can’t be bored, you will never be great says Simon Sinek. Let God’s creativity fill your gap time, heck, maybe even say “hi” to the person next to you in the waiting room. Maybe actually see your co-worker as a brother or sister. Maybe actually love the people who annoy you, using gap time (waiting time) to pray for the strength to be Christ-like.
Stop racing through life. Smell the flowers, sit with boredom and see how creative God is and how creative He made you. Live in the moment, not in your cell phone and find the Lord and find His gift of unshakable peace.
Lord, please fill me with your deep and unshakable peace. Amen.
Main ideas for this post came through Simon Sinek, Fr. Mike Schmitz, and Matthew Kelly.
Discipline equals freedom – Jocko Willink, US Navy Seal, retired.
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