Traditions

So, the other day I carved pumpkins with my family.  Our tradition has been for each of the kids to have their own pumpkin.  They get to design the look, scrape out the insides of those pumpkins, and help with the carving of that design.  It’s a nice little thing that we all get to do together every year.

One thing about traditions like that is that they bring families together.  They give the kids something to look forward to that they can rely on every year .  Our kids know that they’ll get some special family time every year at this time, and at many other times throughout the year.  Although we are very busy almost year round we still make our family a priority. 

You see, in order for a family to be strong you have to make time for one another.  You have to be there in the good and bad times.  You have to not only spend time together, but WANT to spend time together.  And that doesn't mean just in front of the TV all the time.  That can mean something as simple as playing a game together to doing a family campout   But whatever you do, make sure that your family is important to you and that God in the central focus of that family.

God Makes Time

So yesterday we had a pretty good storm come through Norwalk.  It caused trees to go down all over town, people to lose power and cable for hours.  The cleanup is going to take minutes for some of us and hours for others.

While I was driving around town looking over the damage in some of the areas it had me thinking about God and people’s relationship with Him.  You see, all the time I hear from people that they don’t have time to read the Bible, to pray, to go to church, etc.  I don’t normally argue with these people because I know that I can’t change their mind, only God can.  Now as an extremely busy family, I understand the busy schedule problem.  Yet we’re still able to make sure God is first in our lives.  We prioritize God because we know where He should be in our lives.  

Well, then a day like yesterday hits.  A day where many people have to make time in order to assess and damage from a storm that has come through.  For some people that is just picking up twigs.  Others will be spending time contacting their insurance companies and cleaning out major areas of damage. 

Now what strikes me with this situation is that all of a sudden these people have time to do this work.  They have time to pick up twigs, or they have time to call the insurance company.  They have that time because they now make it a priority in their lives because they feel that it is important, and rightfully so. 

My question today is if they can easily make time for things like this in their lives, why can’t they make time for God?  Why is it that when bad things happen they can make time in their lives, but not for the one thing that can make their lives so much better?