My pastor said something a week ago: "One of the greatest resources we have is our attention. What we give our attention to can drag us down and change our life." So for Lent this year, I am once again giving up social media (though I may go online to post these).
This got me thinking about what it's liked to have a distracted and fragmented mind.
I was challenged to follow the example of a friend who is doing a "creative lent". Rather than giving up anything for lent, he is attempting to create something each day: often a haiku or text combined with a photo.
I decided to try to do this as well, but not each day. I've had a bit of writer's block and then was frustrated at images that I could conjure in my head but not produce effectively.
Then I remembered that I have enjoyed playing with AI images on occasion and so I fired up Adobe Express and Firefly and came up with these to go with a 5-7-5 haiku-like poem.
This is what the Lord says: "Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls." Jeremiah 6:16
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Lent Offering: A distracted mind
[pictures created by Adobe Express AI and Adobe Firefly by Tim Tillinghast]
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