Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Struggles

About a year ago I had a great awakening.  You see...for the previous three to four years I had realized that I was living my life completely for my family.  Now you may think this quite a noble deed.  And in and of itself it is.  But as a Christian, it is sin if we are putting this before God.  I was very much caught up in providing financially for my family, working on my next promotion, increasing our security.  Also I was very good about giving my family much if not all of my free time.  From the outside it seemed like I was doing my family duties.
 
However, it was through going to a conference with my friend, Myron,  that flipped my thinking around.  It was not something that happened all in that one moment, but it surely got the hard stuck ball rolling.  Myron  received a call from a friend from the men's group that he led.  The friend was reaching out to Myron over a serious issue in his marriage.  As I listened to his story of how involved he was in other guy's lives, it really convicted me of a few things.  These are the things I want to share with you.