First Things First

First things first: sounds simple doesn't it ?  Put first things first in your life, but often I find myself in a quandary simply because I did not put the first thing first.  The first thing first should be prayer.  Before a commitment to do or not to do something, the best way to proceed would be to pray and ask God's direction.  Should I do this thing or should I not? 

Here I am in a quandary feeling quite overwhelmed with myself all because I did not pray and seek God's direction in a certain matter.  Have you ever done that?  Often I get into these situations because I cannot bring myself to say no when I clearly know no should be the answer.  Sometimes I shamefully forget to think about praying about doing something, because the thing that needs doing is such a good thing to do.  But, even good things can be bad things, when you are not the one to be doing them.  Does that make sense?  I hope so.

So, now that I have gone and jumped into the water without a life jacket and the water swirls around me waiting to take me under, now I pray.  Foolish?  Yes.  How to get out of this situation is the next question.  Well, I asked God and those I had hoped to help to forgive me my sin. I confessed I had sinned against God and them, and now I rest.  If God wills, then I will continue to press on, and trust Him to take care of it all, and if it not then others, the ones who really should do this in the first place before I jumped in, will take over.  Either way I rest in God.

Maybe I am the only one who has ever do this, but I don't think so. If you have done this, know you are not alone. 

Take a deep breath and remember first things first--