Priorities & The Main Thing

I deeply believe that if we attend to all other duties and responsibilities in life and neglect the family it would be analogous to straightening deck chairs on the Titanic.

— Stephan Covey —

 

Continued from March 3rd…

I can remember seeing my son’s basketball schedule for the 2005-2006 season and was pretty pumped as they were going to play Standford at Stanford in December.  I had a friend with a similar business as mine located near Stanford.  He was doing some cutting edge things and I had been wanting to visit his place for several months.

This seemed like a perfect opportunity where I could mix business with pleasure and write the trip off as a business expense.

I got online and bought plane tickets and later that night proudly announced to my wife what I had done.  She stoically looked at me and said, “Did you get me tickets too?”  I stuttered and stammered, “Uh, no, did you want to go?”

I won’t get into the details of the conversation that took place after this but in essence she reminded me that my priorities were out of whack and that our relationship came before our relationship with our kids.

For those of you who have kids you might be able to relate to what was going on.  I was so involved in helping my kids live their dreams I had taken my focus off the priority around my wife.

I ended up making the trip to Stanford with my wife’s blessing and while I was gone Ohio got hit with over two feet of snow.  My wife was home alone with the other two kids…God got his point across to me.

imageListing our priorities is one thing.  Living them is another thing.

P.E.A.C.E.

Jay@EagleLaunch.com

1 Peter 3:7, “In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives.  Treat your wife with understanding as you live together.  She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life.  Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered.”  (NLT)

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