Comments on: Useful Restlessness http://www.hieropraxis.com/2010/06/useful-restlessness/ Literature and faith, truth and beauty Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:15:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ali http://www.hieropraxis.com/2010/06/useful-restlessness/#comment-114 Ali Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:03:50 +0000 http://www.hieropraxis.com/?p=614#comment-114 I would say that one of my biggest distractions is my anxiety. When I find myself becoming anxious, I lose focus of God. I am really making a concerted effort to either pray lines from certain psalms when I get anxious, and I try to bring myself back to Christ's exhortations about anxiety in Matthew 6:25-34 as well as Paul's exhortations about praying through anxiety at the end of Philippians. I also find that the internet is a huge distraction for me. When I have a lot to do--particularly stuff that I don't want to do or stuff that is difficult and trying like attempting to find a new job, which is where I find myself now--it is very easy for me to lose sight of my tasks and fritter my time away online. I am working to be more disciplined in how I spend my time online, which is hard right now for me because I have a job that requires me to do research online. PS I saw that you are reading The Orthodox Study Bible. Are you reading the Old and New Testaments with it? I use the paperback copy for my New Testament reading, and when I read through the New Testament as an Orthodox Christian, I read every study note. Now I use other resources. When I read the Old Testament, I tend to use the RSV. But I do refer to the OSB from time to time. However, I have found that some of the notes for the Old Testament are a little uneven. I would love to hear your feedback from your reading. I would say that one of my biggest distractions is my anxiety. When I find myself becoming anxious, I lose focus of God. I am really making a concerted effort to either pray lines from certain psalms when I get anxious, and I try to bring myself back to Christ’s exhortations about anxiety in Matthew 6:25-34 as well as Paul’s exhortations about praying through anxiety at the end of Philippians.

I also find that the internet is a huge distraction for me. When I have a lot to do–particularly stuff that I don’t want to do or stuff that is difficult and trying like attempting to find a new job, which is where I find myself now–it is very easy for me to lose sight of my tasks and fritter my time away online. I am working to be more disciplined in how I spend my time online, which is hard right now for me because I have a job that requires me to do research online.

PS I saw that you are reading The Orthodox Study Bible. Are you reading the Old and New Testaments with it? I use the paperback copy for my New Testament reading, and when I read through the New Testament as an Orthodox Christian, I read every study note. Now I use other resources. When I read the Old Testament, I tend to use the RSV. But I do refer to the OSB from time to time. However, I have found that some of the notes for the Old Testament are a little uneven. I would love to hear your feedback from your reading.

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