Promise: Greater Freedom from Tensions and Frustrations.
Faced with a barrage of random events, work, and my own inherent laziness, I struggled to find time to write this post or even peak at the next chapter. So you can imagine the smack in the face I felt when I glanced at chapter three yesterday. There I was dashing about with a million things to do-- or lying on the couch too lethargic to even walk five steps to the kitchen for water-- when I discovered this week is about priorities. A book reprimanded me! I can almost hear Ron Weasley's voice echo in my brain: "She needs to sort out her priorities." Embarrassed, I admit that my efforts the last couple of weeks has been extremely lax-- so much so that Heavenly Father had to chastise me through the written word! With limited time remaining this week, I address a much needed topic: priorities.
Dunn suggests writing a list of your priorities and then writing a list of where you spend your time. He affirms, and from experience I concur, that they most likely won't match up. The president and prophet of my church, Thomas Monson, lamented that only in times of great sorrow, "when life's candle dims and threatens to darken," do we remember what's really important. Well, I am not going to wait. No more will I simply talk the talk-- I will walk the walk.
Fortunately, as Dunn indicates, God has already outlined the priorities befitting a disciple of Christ. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God...and all these things shall be added unto you," (Mathew). "But before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom of God. And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye shall obtain riches," (Jacob 2: 18-19, Book of Mormon).
I encourage anyone who hasn't yet to "sort out [your] priorities." Start putting in time where it matters most for you. "And as you do...I promise you greater freedom from tension and frustrations," (Dunn).
Now, I am listening to Enya and she sings, "only if you want to you can seize the day...only if you want to you can find a way." Go and find a way!
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