This is good advice. We need priorities in our life. A learned man made the following statement. “We worship our work, we work at our play and we play at our worship.” Perhaps this is true. Too often that which should be first is often last!
We worship our work.This can be said of the workaholic father/mother. They both spend more energy, time and enthusiasm at their jobs than the family. Mothers and fathers are exhausted at day’s end. No wonder we have an over fed and undernourished society. No time or energy to prepare supper. After all, there is still the load of laundry to be done, breakfast dishes to be washed. The kids need their bath. No time for God in this, except perhaps for a short little prayer before bed. We have left God out of the equation. Family time is gone.
We work at our play. Adult recreation is big business. This also includes the kids. Instead of togetherness in our play, the kids now have their play stations, cell phones or TV. Mom and Dad have their golf, football, or shopping malls. Churches have spent thousands on recreational programs for their teens. Is the church reaching families to build up the family relationships…..or are we actually creating less family time?
We play at our worship. Yes, we are dabblers in our faith. We want our worship only in small doses. The attitude of most is “just enough to satisfy me”…..and we don’t want to be too “churchy! Isn’t one hour each week enough?
Perhaps we need to reassess our lives, our family and our time with God.
The Mormons have Monday evening as family night; the Jewish families have Sabbath service on Friday. Where are we??
AbideLines 