I wanted to remind all of you who are preparing for Sunday to read Ephesians 5:21-6:9. Also, I have a question for you to think about. Why is it so hard for us to let others be FIRST?
For me it is the conflict of setting priorities and identifying the sacrifices I must make to move one item above another item on my list. Because letting others be first means that I have to adjust my priorities of how I use my time and resources to decide what I put below them on my list. I have many conflicts with this prioritization effort which are hard. One of my present conflicts is the amount of time I am spending at work. If I categorize all my time driven activities and rack-and-stack, I see that work is my first priority. Although, the amount of time I am spending now is an effort for the short term, I am sacrificing my time that I spend on church community friends and my family. Another way that that putting others first is hard is no one can directly help me rack-and-stack my list and I must do it myself. All I can obtain from them is scriptural guidance and/or experiences of how they handled this in the past. It is ultimately my responsibility to set what I want first and to know that what I am doing is best for all including myself.
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For me it is the conflict of setting priorities and identifying the sacrifices I must make to move one item above another item on my list. Because letting others be first means that I have to adjust my priorities of how I use my time and resources to decide what I put below them on my list. I have many conflicts with this prioritization effort which are hard. One of my present conflicts is the amount of time I am spending at work. If I categorize all my time driven activities and rack-and-stack, I see that work is my first priority. Although, the amount of time I am spending now is an effort for the short term, I am sacrificing my time that I spend on church community friends and my family. Another way that that putting others first is hard is no one can directly help me rack-and-stack my list and I must do it myself. All I can obtain from them is scriptural guidance and/or experiences of how they handled this in the past. It is ultimately my responsibility to set what I want first and to know that what I am doing is best for all including myself.
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