There are times when life’s necessities and chores get in the way of those things we would rather be doing. I am not one of those who can multi-task doing ten things at one time. If I try that I mess up nine of them and actually accomplish nothing but a mess. No offense to those who can do that sort of thing, but it reminds me of how often I, and many of us I think, try to focus on the Lord; be it in church, His word, or in prayer, and other things just invade our thoughts like a swarm of bees to honey. We have to force ourselves to focus and even sometimes that doesn’t work.

The necessities have invaded this past week and I haven’t been able to wrap my brain around anything except what is right now and needs done right now. I have a…