They say “time is money” but is it? I prefer this truthful phrase though, “time is precious.” It is. I cannot forget my childhood days. Those were some great times growing up with my mom and grandparents.
Ecclesiastes 3:1, KJV To everything, there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven.
My grandparents were big on consistency. We did the same things at pretty much the same time each day. Our family devotion was the same time every morning for five days a week. We had dinner at the same time each day at the dinner table. We had family time each day in the evening to break bread, make jokes and bond.
It was such a great discipline to have these planned times for our family. My grandfather ensured he spent quality time with my grandmother often, nothing could interfere with that.
Today all hell has broken loose in marriages and families. Anything that goes at any time is crashing many marriages and families. It is a huge deception from the enemy and has ignorantly become an unwise discipline.
I was speaking with a couple having some difficult experiences in their marriage. They say they do not spend quality time together. I asked why. The husband said the wife is always on the phone. The wife said the husband is always out with friends. The husband said when he is home he competes with the phone. The wife denies this. The issue is not who is truthful in this situation. It is what is being done to correct the situation. We will always have issues competing with our marriages when it comes to priority and time management. The question that remains will help fix this issue when truly examined by all couples and applied…..
Does Your Time Management Honor God?
God created marriage. He also created a family. He is a master of time management. On the first day, he did something and on the second day, He created another thing, and so on. He is not a God of chaos. He is a God of order and priority. His wisdom is what we need to tap into as husband and wife and follow along. If the Almighty God prioritizes His own time, who are we not to? If God says we should honor Him in all we do then our time management should honor Him also.
Michelle and I encourage all married couples to ask each other this question: “Does our time management honor God?” Is your marriage interrupted by things of no real significance to help you grow together? Prioritize God first and all else will follow. How do you prioritize God? Do all you can to worship Him by making sure your time management in your marriage and family honors Him. This is the start of a great marriage and family.
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