Color Me Shiny.

Yesterday Patrick, Kayla, and i went ice skating. On the way back i couldn't help, but notice all of the bill boards and advertisements on the side of the road. We had a destination:Home, yet every 10 feet there was a sign trying every witty slogan and eye catching logo they could to get us sidetrack from our purpose. I started to think how life can be like that. We have a destination:Heaven and we have a purpose:Worship and Sharing our Jesus, yet every 5 minutes we find some TV show, Internet site, gossip fest, car, or relationship trying every brand name pair of jeans and job promotion to get us distracted from where we are supposed to be going? It is a little overwhelming. I know our destination is exciting and it should be the easiest thing in the world to just keep our eyes there, or is it? Have you ever wanted to be back home after a visit so badly and you think nothing is going to get in your way and then you are overwhelmed by all of these distractions and you think, "well i do need a drink for the rest of the trip", or "A bathroom break might be a good idea.." The next thing you know you have invested all of your trip into the distractions and you forget why you were in such a hurry to get to your destination. I want to be undistracted. I want to be focused. I want to remember that i am on the Journey and i am not home yet. I want to remember. We need to remember. Don't be distracted by the shiny things.