I spent kindergarten through high school in the same building. There were ten classrooms with five facing the river and five facing route 161. My time on the riverside didn’t offer any distractions, but route 161 had trucks going by regularly which totally took my mind off the subject being taught. One time, the state police had someone pulled over by the school, and our teacher used it for an object lesson to teach us not to become criminals.
Distractions in life never stopped with my formal education. They continue to the present time and are very annoying.
The Bible discusses distraction:
Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.”
If a legitimate distraction can happen to Martha, it can happen to us. Jesus told her she was temporarily focusing on the wrong thing. Pay attention to what God is teaching you.
Think about it.
Gary