So, last night Lora was (as usual) very cute. It was after VBS, and therefore, very much after her bedtime. She was roaming around not sleeping while her mom tried to get dinner together. Josh Groban came up in conversation (again, as usual), and Lora came up to me and asked to see him. I picked up my phone, and showed her my background, which is of Josh. She immediately gave me the "are you kidding me look" and said, "make him sing." So, I pulled up "Awake" on youtube (it seemed appropriate since she was refusing sleep). And for 45 seconds, Lora was completely enamored and engaged. She stared at that little screen with joy and contentment. Then, at 46 seconds, she was done. There were other things in the room to play with before she finally lost the battle against sleep. She was off, and Josh was left singing alone.
I was thinking about that this morning. We have experiences were we so openly beg for God's presense and spirit. And for awhile, we cannot imagine anything but getting it. Then, life happens and we get distracted. Suddenly we remember all the other things in the world we want to fill our lives with, and we push the Spirit back down. This cycle seems fairly common, and I'm not sure how to break it. Maybe just being aware that we are all a bunch of toddlers when it comes to our relationship with the Father will be enough to lengthen our attentions on him and short our distractions elsewhere.
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