A Multitasking Generation

Being 27 years old - I am definitely in the prime of the multitasking generation.  Almost everything we do has us doing more than one thing at a time.  I noticed this most recently when driving today - I had this need to either play with my phone or be on the phone while driving.  Driving alone wasn't enough, time is too precious.  I needed to accomplish something else at the same time. 

That is a pretty optimal picture of what life is like anymore.  It's not just in the car...We have to multitask at everything - Cooking, work, shopping, watching television, playing a game with your kids, sports, and even with God.  I admit - I am 100% guilty.  I like to check facebook at red lights while driving; I like to eat while watching TV; I like to read while watching TV; I like to socialize and have deep conversations while playing sports; I love to multitask!  I am a woman who loves lists...Even if it doesn't look like I am multitasking, I am.  I am making one of probably 5 lists in my head - ranging from Budget editing, what needs to be bought at the grocery store, what my calendar looks like, what I need to work on with in my spiritual life, and a general to do list. 

The problem is that I have gotten so used to doing this in the rest of my life, that I do the same to God.  NOW THAT'S JUST NOT FAIR!  God calls us to "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently in Him;" - Psalms 37:7...Be still...Not - do twenty different things while talking to God.  I am very guilty of letting my prayer time be in the car - It's a great time for me to focus on God, but it shouldn't be the only time.  Are our quiet times, really quiet?  Do you really only focus on God, or are you writing a list in the back of your head of things to do today, or things that happened already? 

As much as I am a fan of the multitasking generation, I think that there is a time to call it quits.  God needs to be our only thought, our only concern, not just one of many.  Sometimes, I think that if our generation of people could get back to the basics and primary concerns of life - (Dinner with family being just that - dinner, not phone calls and texts from others; Game time with your kids being just game time - not game in front of the television time) - then perhaps we could start understanding society...Perhaps then we could start understanding God and God's purpose for our lives...Take time out of your day for God alone this week, rest solely in Him and watch what He can do! 

Oh - and one more thing - It is Friday of March Madness, so I must throw out a Go CATS!