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Siphoning the Sacred

“Noise and words and frenzied, hectic schedules dull our senses, closing our ears to His still small voice and making us numb to His touch. Noise and crowds have a way of siphoning our energy and distracting our attention, making prayer an added chore rather than a comforting relief.”

Whoever said it was easy to run a church, work with youth or live life in its general non-stop all singing and dancing traffic jammed lifestyle of the 21st century surely was either a monk in an enclosed order with no broadband or a living saint with blinders on. Granted I am one who can get distracted enough by a chocolate advert that I will leave my warm sofa and walk to the nearest newsagent but am I really alone on this whole “distracted in prayer” thing? Am I the only one who feels his senses are dulled and numb? In order to lead properly I must be leading from the Father’s heart, be about the Father’s will and balance the secular and the sacred, especially when the seculars voice screams the loudest, the PDA is crammed full and “they” have to meet just once more. For that is the time that we need the comfort in the call and the hope in the future and that is when prayer ceases to be a chore and becomes the sigh of relief and the comforting place to lead from.

-Greg Fromholz (taken from article published sept 2004)

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