Many times we don’t realize a distraction is a distraction. For example if we knew that watching tv while doing your homework was going take more time, you think we’d stop doing it right? Colton Jansen says in her article 10 THINGS THAT CAN DISTRACT US FROM GOD, “Well, I think it has to do with what we allow into our lives that can distract us from God. Not all of these things are “bad” in their nature…in fact, a lot aren’t, but they become a problem when we allow them to distract us from looking at, and to God”. This transfers over to the book the Christy Miller series because the story mentions multiple times how Christy let simple things become idols blocking her view of Christ. Like who knew that an innocent crush on a tall tan surfer would become something she put at the middle of her life. Which leads me to my next slide.

Relationships are a blessing from God, wether it’s friends, sibs, parents, or even your significant other. But when we make room or time and effort for these people that takes away from God’s that’s when we have a problem. Writer Ms. Jansen says, “It is our relationships that are our connection with the world, and it is our human nature to have them, but when we allow any one of these relationships threaten to become more important to us than God…well, they become a distraction”.

In conclusion, not everything that is a distraction is technically bad it’s how much you let it take over Gods place in your life. Robin Jones Gunn’s character Christy made friends with a group of God loving Christian surfers, which is honestly a huge blessing but once she cared so much of what they thought of her, she shifted her focus off of what God was trying to say to her and more on if these people were judging her. All God wants is a relationship and if you’re distracted with other things the only person that’s making it harder is you.