Time well spent

This subject.....time....... has really been on my mind lately. When thought about....I feel like I am not doing so well with this subject and how I choose to spend it. It is so easy for me and I'm sure all of us, to get lost in the world and to forget the things that we should REALLY be doing with our time.


These are the questions that have running through my mind lately.

How is my temple attendance?

Am I serving others?

Am I a giving person....do I donate enough?

Do I have weekly Family Night?

How is my Scripture reading?

What does my Food Storage look like?

When was the last time I sent someone a note.. gave a compliment or a hug?

When was the last time I bore witness of Christ?

How do I feel about my church attendance?

When was the last time I worked on my Family History?

What am I doing to build up the Kingdom of God?


In all honesty...I can not reply to all of these questions and feel good about my answers. In time, I want to be able to and today I have committed to trying harder than I did yesterday. Don't get me wrong here.....I know we aren't perfect and we are human. Life brings other things into our paths that we have to do. Sometimes we cant do everything.... but we can try.

I thought about this while trying to plan a trip to the circus. Rowan has been dying to go and Loren and I have really wanted to take him. We bought tickets...which was a pain in the rump, trying to figure out what day would work and trying to find a babysitter who would be available on the same day. After much hassle....we ended up working it all out. That night as I laid in bed I was thinking about my temple attendance. I realized that I hadn't gone in a very long time. My excuse.....I had a new baby and we have just been too busy with work, running, kids and the business. Am I really though? In all honesty am I really too busy? Look at what I went through to go to the circus. I really wanted to go and I made it happen. Where are my priorities? So, lesson learned. I will make temple attendance more of a priority. I will make all of these things more of a priority. These are the things that give us real joy. I mean....I love the circus....that makes me happy too....but I need to be more balanced. That is the key. Balance. There needs to be a balance in every aspect of our lives. Its great to do fun things but its also important to those things we are asked to do.


So think about this. What if today was your last day.....your last day here on earth. How would you and I feel about the life we lived. Really think about this. If we were standing face to face with the Lord.... would we be able to look at him in his eyes or would we be ashamed that we didn't do enough. I hope with all my heart that I will lift my head up high and feel good about the choices I made. I really shouldnt say it that way......It goes beyond hope.....I can hope all I want but that really wont help me. This will be decided by my actions. I have to work....work really hard and get my priorities in line. So this is what I'm doing and I hope every single one of you reading this will feel the desire to act as well.

Lets make one goal....start with one and make it a priority. Do something that you have been wanting to do. I promise that as you and I spent more time building up the kingdom of God, that we will feel joy. This feeling is priceless and it is free.