What are your priorities in life? Are they set by your job? Family? God? Society?

I am beginning to wonder more and more where my priorities are in relation to everything else in my life.

Work has been extremely busy. We rush to accomplish things that only matter to the bottom line of the company. Does the CEO care that I was at Kinkos until 9 pm setting up for a binder to be printed for a potential customer that was coming in the next day? Does he care that I rushed home, skipping dinner, just so I could spend a little time with my son before he went to sleep? Does the company care that we had to find someone to babysit our son at the last minute because I was not home in time to watch him and Joe had to go to class?

My priority at the beginning of the year was to pray more. I have been fasting TV in the morning to sit, eat breakfast and read my Bible instead of watching TV. But even after a month of doing this, I am losing focus. I still read my Bible, but my desire is fading.

I was praying every night when I went to bed. I would pray for Joe, our son, my family, etc. Now, I am so tired every night I just fall into bed. Today, I received an email about how prayer opens up the heavens. I need to pray more.

Not just to ask God for things, but to talk to him as a friend. Imagine Adam in the Garden of Eden, walking with God in the cool of the evening. Chatting with him as a friend. We can do that today if we only take the time. I can take the time to watch TV or catch up on reading my magazines. I can even take time to blog.

Starting tonight, I am going to have a chat with God.