What Is Important To You?

The question that we (I) need to ask ourselves is what is important to us?  It is the question of priorities.  It is determining where your priorities lie.  When it comes to your marriage, it is making your spouse a priority.  We (I) have become complacent and passive in our (my) approach to our (my) marriage(s). This priority is very important, because it takes a daily conscious effort to do so. Another priority that takes time and care is the family (kids). Before these two priorities, there is the priority of spending time alone with God.  This is one of the most difficult priority to make time for in the midst of a busy schedule, but it needs to happen.  That time we spend with God influences how we interact with our wives and our families.  If we ignore that priority, not only do we suffer, but so do our wives and our kids. 

"Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others." -Philippians 2:3

When we are prioritizing we need to focus on those priorities.  In that process, that means we look out for what is important to those involved in that priority.  When we concern ourselves with our concerns, we ignore the ones that we have made a priority.  I myself have struggled with selfishness and self-centeredness, and that has had a profound negative effect on those I have interacted with. I have had to ask God for help to sacrifice the selfishness on a daily basis. 

"Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another." -Romans 14:19

When we interact with people, whether it be family or friends, we need to do it peaceably and with the intent to edify the people that we are interacting with.  Be careful to think before you speak, because if you are wrong, your words can be hurtful.  I have had a bad habit of doing this too often, and I need work on thinking about my words before I utter them.  If there is something important to be said, prayerfully consider it.  I cannot say this enough, be careful of how you speak to people.

So whatever or whoever is important to you, please invest that time wisely and thoughtfully.