Life Is About the Choices You Make

We are entering a busy and exciting time for our church.  God has opened the doors to move into a larger facility...I mean, a really gigantic, big deal for our church family!  You see, we started out in a conference room at the Hampton Inn...moved to a cafeteria of an elementary school...got booted from there because of the janitor quitting...being homeless for three weeks...moving into a strip mall and have been in three locations in that same strip mall...and now, a fully furnished, 4,500 square foot church building.  Wow. Talk about a lot to take in!

In addition to moving, we are doing some small renovations to the interior.  Moving the nursery and opening up the lobby and adding a Welcome Center.  We are also installing a baptistry, choir risers, screen and projector in the main auditorium.  

With the addition of our new music pastor and his wife, Bro. Josh and Jenny Musser...they will be heading up our new Hospitality Ministry which includes ushers, greeters and parking lot volunteers.  They also are leading the new choir and praise team into our new order of service on Sundays.

Next weekend, we will be having our first mini couples retreat.  

So, this is a time of craziness.  I am trying to fit all that in - in addition to my full-time job, babysitting, home school and regular household duties.  

Priorities. 

Priorities is defined as an authoritative rating which establishes precedence.  

In days, weeks and months like these, I need to have established priorities.  

Why don't some establish priorities in their lives?

1.  They are too busy.

2.  They are simply surviving.

3.  They feel priorities are too narrow and restrictive.

4.  They simply have too many important things.

Have you ever taken the time to sit down and establish your priorities?  Life is really just about all the choices you make.  And good choices require established priorities.

One area that I try my hardest to keep in the right priority is my husband.  Often, he desires for my attention and help from anything to just companionship to church work.  I constantly remind myself that he comes first before my housework, job, children, etc.  And the by-product, we have a great relationship because of our priorities to each other.

What area of your life do you need to establish your priorities?