Priorities, priorities, priorities

Keeping my priorities straight is something I've always struggled with. Apparently, nothing has changed. I intended to get all my homework done as early as I could last week. It didn't quite happen. I was doing well Friday night; I got the articles read and the videos watched for my web class. With a long weekend ahead, I was hoping to get everything knocked out for the web class and human growth and development by Sunday night. Then Saturday happened. I slept. I woke up. I ate. I went back to sleep within an hour. Sleeping was how I spent most of Saturday. Sunday wasn't much better. I finally got around to writing the paper for the web class; it was due at 11:30 pm and I submitted it before 8:30 pm. Then I started reading the chapter that I was supposed to write 5-8 pages on for human growth and development. I don't remember getting very far. Monday was Labor Day, so I really didn't want to do homework. But since I was so lazy all weekend, I knew it was inevitable. I tried reading the chapter for the paper. (I don't think I was even halfway through it when I fell asleep). Then I decided to read it page by page and write what I got from that page. After a few pages, I didn't even have one whole page (doubled spaced). When I realized it was starting to get late and I still didn't have much done, I decided to read the chapter from the textbook so I'd be prepared for the test. By the time I got the chapter read, it was around midnight. Since today was a class day, I had to be at work at 8 am. I decided it wasn't worth the 25 points to stay up late enough to write that paper. At least I think I did well on the test!

This week will be better. I think. The professor of my web class inadvertently posted the wrong assignments. That kinda threw my plan off. He just corrected it, so now I can get started. Apparently each semester will be a lesson in priorities. Which assignments need to be done first? Which ones can wait? Should I read a chapter or do an assignment? When do I work on my research? All these questions (and more) will be answered.

Here's what I do know. God must be my number one priority. Again, I struggle with that. I get distracted. I know He is the most important; without Him, nothing else matters. Now, if I could only keep Him at #1. Just the small, everyday things is where that should start:  Prayer, reading the Bible. Unfortunately, I often fail. I pray, but not always in the ways I should. My Bible reading has fallen behind. And, after living in this house for over two years, we still haven't found a church. I am so thankful that God is always faithful and that His love never fails.