Have you ever felt like your life is distracted or scattered? That your best laid plans for the day are often routed by some type of distraction, mishap, unplanned visit, problem, or even catastrophe. Life is busy with many responsibilities and then even more challenges come our way. Add to those, our greatest responsibility in life is our relationship with God and service to Him. How do we do it all? Are we able to keep in focus as we should? It can be daunting. Paul shows us that it can be done. In Acts 16:16 - 17:10 we see how that even in his life, he was able to keep God first while dealing with a great number of problems and unforeseen challenges. In verse 16 we see a demon is cast out of a woman. Paul and Silas have a great day, right? But then, in verses 22 and 23, they are beaten and whipped and in verses 24-25 they are thrust deep into a prison and locked in the stocks. I guess it wasn’t as great a day as we thought. But wait, God blesses and they are released fro