What are my priorities?

“There will always be a battle between what is urgent and what is a priority.”

My pastor started his sermon with this on Sunday and I can’t get it out of my head. Actually, the entire message hit me hard. One of those oh so familiar times when Todd starts speaking and I swear he has been spying on me and wrote a message to specifically call me out.

As I’ve gone about this week I’ve been evaluating what my priorities are. How am I spending my money, my time and my talents? What am I doing to keep my marriage strong and my husband happy? What are my parenting priorities?

Tough questions, I know.

I have been successful at work, in large part, because I’m a planner. I set long-term and short-term goals then make a plan. I usually re-evaluate on a quarterly basis to see if I’m on track and if not, I come up with a new plan. Why can’t I do this in other areas of my life? I should be a thousand times more concerned with having a successful marriage and a godly child as I am about hitting my sales forecasts.

So what are my priorities? After a lot of prayer I had 2 revelations. Firstly, my top 3 priorities aren’t whats but whos. Brandon, Justice and Jesus. Here’s the other cool realization, the goals are the same for all 3. Short-term – spend more time together. Long-term – spend eternity together in Heaven.

Now the harder part, figuring out a plan on how to reach these goals. I’ll keep you posted on what I come up with. Any ideas you’d like to share?