My Family and my my walk with Christ

It is very important to me to balance my time with my family with my walk with Christ. Although on my priority list God comes first, then my family (husband and then kids), I feel as though I am not spending enough time with my family. I recently been evaluating everything on my plate, my plate of life that is. To help me understand what I should cut out and what I should leave as is. All of a sudden it dawned on me during our parent dedication class what I should do. Actually in all honesty it didn't dawn on me, Pastor Emory shared with the class the ifference between your walk with God and ministry. He informed us that many times get confused about their walk with God and think that being involved with ministry is NECESSARY and comes before their family. This is a misconception. Although God should be your first priority, you don't have to be involved in ministry to walk with God. He went on to further explain that may times families are torn apart because one member wants to devote themselves to ministry while neglecting their own family.

As I sat and reflected on that, I really began to think about how much time I was putting into ministry and thought that I may need to take a break or pull back just a little bit to make sure that I was giving my family their proper time. Although I want to grow in my walk with God, I don't want to neglect my family in the process. And I think there is a unique skill that we all must learn to help us balance the two and it is called TIME MANAGEMENT.

With that said, my goal is to make sure that I am being consistent in ministry, but not at the expense of my family. I have been praying every morning about making my family a priority. Make sure you are making your family a priority as well.