Who's Number One?

I suck.

Yeah, thanks for agreeing. But I suck for a particular reason today. First, let me tell you about my day. It sucked too. I got up early. I left quickly and got to work earlier than I have been. I stayed a little late and came home. But guess what I got done today? Nothing! Okay, at least nothing that was done efficiently and left me feeling my pay was justified today.

I put in some interview comments for someone I interviewed yesterday. That took a lot longer than I thought. I read through some FCC documents to figure out if something I implemented was done right. That took a lot longer than I thought. Then I phone interviewed someone. That took a lot longer than I thought. Then I put in some interview comments for that person. That took a lot longer than I thought. Then I documented some stuff I worked on. That took a lot longer than I thought. Then I left feeling both blah and unproductive. A day of inefficiency, yuck!

Later in the evening I realized my problem. Sin. End of post.

Okay, I'll elaborate since sin is big problem causer in all kinds of ways and copping out like that just doesn't help. I failed to mention that I started giving God the first part of my day in the Word. Technically not the very first part. Wake up, stretch, brush teeth, change, get some food, and then come to the Word. But still, its a special time of the morning to spend with the Lord, and the days I have done that have been great.

This morning, I blew it. I consciously decided to skip it in favor of getting to work early. I took my Bible with me thinking I'd read it outside at lunch, which I totally forgot about. I was also distracted on the way to work and didn't really get anything out of the preaching on K-Wave and didn't really spend any time with the Lord in prayer. God was far from my heart and far from my mind for the bulk of the day, and that was absolutely sinful. And, rightfully, my day sucked.

Never, ever, put other things before the Lord. That doesn't mean you have to make a hard rule to this or that every day, but when you willfully tell the Lord "Not now, I'll get to you later" it is a slap in the face and ALWAYS a bad idea.

Grace and Peace