Adventure and Rest

What are the things I put higher on my priority list than God? I very briefly touched on this question in my last post, and then this morning my wonderful sister posted a priority list on her blog and it made me want to talk more about this question and how it relates to my life. To tell the truth I can’t easily pin point specific things that draw me away from God, so for me this question is less about what comes ahead of God and more about why am I not making the time for Him? In a way it’s not about the list at all but rather my neglect for what is on said list. I wrote yesterday that our lives get busy and consumed with have-tos, I believe this statement to be true, and that it is also frequently the cause of my neglect, if only in the sense that when my day is not full of have-tos it is lost in laziness. When this happens, it becomes a matter of rebelling against time and when I don’t have to do anything I don’t want to do anything either, or worse the things that I truly desire to do such as worship, pray of write become in their own way have-tos because of the appeal of the laziness I think I want. So what can I learn from these conclusions and how do I make a list of priorities without making a new list of have-tos? I believe the answer comes in the form of balance; and a matter of finding that fine line between busy and lazy that runs the smoother course I’d like to call adventure and rest. With that in mind I would actually like to make a short list of my own; things that I desire not to neglect any longer.

My list of want-tos

Seeking God and His truth

Being a good friend and living life with others more frequently than by myself

Reading and writing

Looking for beauty in simplicity and finding purpose in, and appreciating each day because God made it