When you have ADHD, it feels like you are tested more than other people, and more often than not, we feel like we’ve failed the test. But God’s tests, though, aren’t like tests at school. He already knows the outcome. Our tests are for our improvement, because He loves us.

Recently I had a test that I’ll admit I failed miserably. I won’t go into details, but I was legitimately wronged by someone. However, I acted out of anger and actually put my self in a dangerous situation. Even in my stupidity, though, God kept me safe through it.

I have never acted out of anger and had a positive outcome. The same was true with this time. Hopefully, though I’ve grown and will act more like Christ the next time I’m wronged.

When you find yourself tested, take a deep breath, give it to God, and tell yourself you want to pass this test. Ask him to help you pass the test.

James 1:3 says, “For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.”

Have you been tested lately? How did you do? Feel free to share your experience in the comments.

Here is a great video from the people at The Bible Project on when God tests his people.

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. There are some things going on I’d rather keep private. However, I can’t help but feel if it couldn’t have been prevented, it may have been blunted were it not for my ADHD, and I’m in pain.

However, I’m going to cling to Jesus, my Good Shepherd, and pray he’ll make it right.

Romans 8:28 says,

“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.”

Sometimes I just have to cling to this verse even if I don’t see the answer.

This video gave me a lot of encouragement. I hope it does you too.

As an ADHDer, I have trouble getting to sleep on time. As a result, I have trouble waking up early enough to get to work on time much less have a decent devotional. It used to bother me a lot that I was having my devotional at night rather than first thing in the morning. One night many years ago, I expressed my frustration that I wasn’t having a devotional first thing in the morning to a mentor. She looked at me funny and said, “why not just have it in the evening?”

That blew my mind! I thought that the best time to have a devotional was first thing in the morning, and was feeling guilty about having it at night. After all, there are plenty of Bible verses about rising up early. In fact, just doing some research for this devotional, I came across a website imploring us to rise up early, and giving a lot of reasons to feel guilty if you don’t get up early to spend time with God.

However, I would argue that the verses that talk about rising early are more descriptive than they are prescriptive. Yes, Jesus often rose early, but does that make it a sin for us to have our devotionals at night if we have trouble sleeping?

I’ve said before, Ecclesiastes is one of my favorite books of the Bible. Here’s a gem:

Ecclesiastes: 11:4
Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest. (NLT)

In other words, if we always wait for the perfect time to do something, we’ll never get around to doing it. I think that’s especially true of ADHDers with our propensity to procrastinate. It’s more important to have a devotional regularly than it is to have one in the morning. When the urge comes to spend time with the Lord, if you can, do it then!

What else have you felt guilty about when you don’t need to? Do you feel pressure to do something from someone else’s legalism (or even good intention)? Pray about whether it’s true conviction from the Holy Spirit or pressure you’re feeling from an artificial rule from someone else.

And if you’re still feeling bad about having a devotional at night, read this one:

Psalm 63:6
I lie awake thinking of you, meditating on you through the night. (NLT)

Distractions are all around us, especially for ADHDers. We are distracted by our phones, YouTube or TikToc videos, or even that sock that just doesn’t feel right.

Personally, I feel like there’s a busy part of my brain that craves input, and looking for that input can keep me from attending to my tasks. Sometime

Often I find that I have to physically remove all the distractions from my office. I close the door and turn off the music. I do not keep my phone in my office. Ever. The busy part of my brain hates the silence…so much so that it starts looking for input from anything. If the only thing available for input is my task, then it gets the input from my task.

This reminds me of Proverbs 4:24-36 (NLT)

Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path.

Not only do we get distracted from our tasks, we can get distracted from our relationship with Christ. What is distracting you right now? Sometimes we need to set something aside, even if it just for a short time, to put all our attention on God.

As you watch this video, remember that no matter what your situation, God has not written you off. He won’t fail you.

Lately, it seems that my mind has been overly focused on my ADHD. I know, that sounds ironic. Anyway, if you any sort of problem, whether it be ADHD, depression, or chronic halitosis, the temptation is to dwell on that problem. We dwell on how to fix it, how it affects us, or how to work around it. We read self-help books and web sites about the problem. We learn about our problem on Wikipedia. We view videos about our problem on YouTube. In other words, when we have a problem such as ADHD, it can become the thing we think about most. But there’s a problem with that.

God wants first on our mind. He wants us to have him in our thoughts first and foremost. And even though He deserves to be first in our thoughts, that’s not the only reason he wants to be there. It’s because as we dwell on Him, He changes us. As we put him first, he takes care of our needs.

Matthew 6:33

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. (NLT)