Who's Your Priority?

                                       Who's first when I start my day?

You know I have some established routines to help me maintain my relationship with God on top.  He is my priority, although sometimes without routine it would seem like he's not included in my day.  A very revealing truth...I must read my bible first, then I must pray...When I live like this, asking, seeking knocking (Mat.7:7) I can sieze the day, rather than it siezing me!

Ben, my husband is my priority.  In my head I think of him often, and in my heart I love him so, I always think of him when I'm buying goodies. Through the day I consider him as I plan something that could affect his day. Yet, in all honesty he isn't always my 2nd priority, Just this morning as I was finishing my prayer, I thought...Rats! I forgot to pray for Ben. Of course, I shot out a quick prayer for him, you know to ease my guilty conscious.  In my prayer time, me of all people, should target and bring specific concerns of Bens to the Living God, I see how much he worries about the his daily load, I hear his restless sleep at times, I know of his struggles...then why don't I bring him to Gods grace immediately and thoroughly? Why do I always expect from him and do not immediately give to him these intimate details?

Philipians 2:12 says ...work out your own salvation with fear and trembling- yes, reverently and confidently approach Gods throne. Let all the God given emotion you have been given be displayed as you work out your relationship with him....AND also, apply these efforts to your marriage....reverent? confident? trembling?  wow! how would that look in my marriage? A whole other level of faith,  of course I should have already brought my marriage to God earlier in the day right?...
I was and am glad for the reminder that the love of my youth needs my prayers in the big things and just because....