Distracted

[jlsgaladriel]

For those who are interested,

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Sermon

[metrepwar]

Yeah! This is a Good sermon! Thank you for allowing me to have a small hand in its creation, though I doubt you needed it. My only suggestion would be to add a short example for your listeners on how we can become distracted in our modern everyday lives. I have found this makes for a more intensive listening experience and it adds greater integrity to the deliverer and the truth of the message. Even still, without this small suggestion this is a powerful sermon!

Thanks.

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[jlsgaladriel]

Yes, that is exactly the paragraph that I left out without meaning to -- last night, I scribbled it on a piece of paper to consider in the morning (I was thinking I'd preach without notes), and it's what's missing.

Thanks!

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[metrepwar]

Hey my friend,

I hope you plan to post that missing paragraph!

Peace

Re: Sermon

[jlsgaladriel]

Well, that would involve actually making my scraps of scribbled notes into actual intelligible, presentable structure!

(Right now an excerpt looks something like "every evening scheduled? thoughts of your job? which bills to pay...stomach clench? fill you with anxiety?)

I'm guessing they'll make it into another sermon. :)

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[jlsgaladriel]

Hey, it turned out to be a pretty short paragraph, but it did get added:

Modern life is distracting. Too many of us have bills or debts we can't afford to pay, overpacked schedules in which far too many tasks or activities compete for our attention, and worries about the other people in our lives -- if they're okay, if we're okay.

But Jesus invites us to pare down to the essential, to refuse to be distracted, and to focus on our awareness of God's presence in our lives....

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[jlsgaladriel]

Hey, your posts are public, but replying to them is "friends-only" -- so "friend" me, girl!

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[metrepwar]

Done!