4 Ways Life’s Little Interruptions Help You

The delays—interruptions—to your life are quite frustrating, are they not? Who hasn’t experienced a flight delay? A mechanical problem? A cancelled flight? Or, a traffic jam? Or, having to wait in the checkout lane? They’re everywhere. They’re a nuisance. They interfere with the best laid plans. They’re a pain in the you-know-what. Right?

Well, of course, that’s one way to look at them. But what if these delays and interruptions that interfere with and disrupt our very important schedules, instead of being life’s little and frustrating interruptions, were Divine interventions? Perhaps God’s invitation to pause, slow down, to pay attention, to reflect, to enter into the very Presence of God?

Here are four ways life’s interruptions can help you.

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The 4 Ways Life’s Little Interruptions Help You

Life’s little interruptions are portals into the present moment. The main reason you and I so often feel disconnected from life is because we are disconnected from NOW! We’re thinking about where we’re going, what we have to do, the activities of the day. Or, we are remembering the past, the argument we just had with our spouse, the employee with whom we had a disagreement the day before…the…

Well, you get the point. What if, when you catch yourself today racing about, running here and there, preoccupied with all the important, earth-shattering stuff of your life…what if…when the interruption comes – and, it is likely to come – what if you viewed it as an opportunity to enter into the portal of this present moment?

The 4 Ways Life’s Little Interruptions Help You

Here’s the fourth thing to remember about life’s interruptions: they are Divine reminders that the Divine Presence is with you…and with you always. Much of the displeasure we feel at many of life’s disruptions stems from our disconnected feelings with the Source of Life itself.

So, next time you see the red rear lights on the cars ahead of you all brighten and you quickly discover the interstate has slowed to a near stop with traffic, instead of reacting…reeling inside… Instead of responding with curses and cries of frustration… Open your eyes my friend and look for the Presence. God is in every moment…every experience…even in every disruption. This is...