Priorities

Lately I've been thinking about time.  There are only 24 hours in a day, 1,440 minutes and 86,400 seconds.  Twenty-four hours is all you get.  Time is something that all of us have equally.  You can't buy more time or sell it.  We all have the same amount of time and, regardless of how we spend it, time keeps on ticking.

That made me stop and think.  Are we spending our time in a way that glorifies God?  Just think, God has given us precious little time on this earth.  We ought to put our whole lives into honoring, glorifying him and furthering his kingdom. 

Instead of saying "I don't have time" try saying, "It's not a priority," and see how that feels.  Often, that's a perfectly adequate explanation.  I have time to iron my sheets, I just don't want to.  But other things are harder.  Try it: "I'm not going to edit your resume, sweetie, cause it's not a priority."  "I don't go to the doctor because my health is not a priority."  If these phrases don't sit well, that's the point.  Changing our language reminds us that time is a choice.  If we don't like how we're spending an hour, we can choose differently. -Laura Vanderkam

I tried changing this for me.  "I could make time to read my Bible, but it's not a priority."  "I choose to get on Facebook, so it must be a priority over spending one-on-one time with my family."  It doesn't sound very good, does it?  I'm guilty of these very things... I think I'm going to work on my priorities. :)

She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. ~Proverbs 31:27