Distractions from the outside world…

I sit to write

I hear a bing

I want to talk

I get a ring

Distractions from the outside world

Keep me from listening to what I am being told

Emails, text, social scroll

The never-ending to-do list

Adds an emotional toll

Making me wonder, what else have I missed?

Distractions from the outside world

Keep me from listening to what I am being told

But I don’t have to jump or re-act

To every bing or ring

Trying to distract

While distractions from the outside world

Try to keep me from hearing what I am being told

I have the power to step away

And ask my Lord to lead my day

Here I am asking Him

Hold my hand as I step out on this limb

Distractions from the outside world

Can’t keep me from what I am being told

For when the to-do list feels too long

I am reminded that

it is He who makes me strong

When distractions from the outside world

Try to keep me from what I am being told

I come back to Him

Asking for direction on where to begin