I don’t know if you’re on Twitter. And I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to follow a stream of 3,000 people actively tweeting. It can get overwhelming. Each voice has a different perspective, thought, and opportunity for you to engage. In the world of Twitter it’s pretty easy to shut off. Just unfollow people. Close the Twitter app. Stop it from sending notifications to you.
But lately my mind has been an active Twitter stream. There are so many perspectives, thoughts, and opportunities streaming through my brain. Constantly. And all of these are very connected to my heart: meetings with friends, ideas for my business, job opportunities, and things I’m worried about. Maybe I never quite understood why they called it Twitter until I experienced it inside my body. It’s like an aviary in my heart and head. Relentless squawking. How do I hope to manage something like that?
I don’t know that I have the answer.
But I’m using it as a chance to trust God. As I run, as I walk, as I sip coffee in the morning – I’m choosing to pour out that Twitter stream to God. “God, You sure are crafty. I have no idea what you’re doing in my life. But I have no reason not to trust You. In fact I have every reason to trust You. I’m going to keep plugging away in the middle of this stream, trusting that You’re leading me and that You’ll get my attention if I’m going the wrong way.”
And I’m trying to shut the stream down occasionally to devote all my heart’s real estate to my wife’s Twitter stream.
I’m not sure there’s a super practical point of this blog. Maybe it’s more therapeutic for me. Or maybe you just need to hear that you aren’t alone.
I’ve noticed as I give my Twitter stream to God…it doesn’t silence the noise. But it does seem like He brings this sweet, slight moment of peace into the chaos. And I’m living and longing for those moments right now. I pray God gives you those too if you’re struggling in a similar season.