so we had a guest speaker at church today and he really got me thinking, my thoughts are still kind of jumbled up but anyway- here goes.....

one of the questions he asked is how is it that we give all of our best to our family or friends or even school or our job, and then we try and find a way to fit God into the time thats left-over. Shouldnt God come first in our lives and then everything else? That seems logical to me, but then again, whenever you try to put God first it sometimes seems like everything doesnt work out. At the same time, does everything always work out when we put other things first? or are we just less aware of it? I guess also we should recognize the difference between serving God and trying to fit in all the 'church stuff'. Not that 'church stuff' is bad, its all good, but everybody cant be involved in everything and still have time for family, friends, school, work, etc. We cant do it all!! haha.
He gave a few examples of small things we can do to try and give God our best, such as trying to be awake and alert on Sundays instead of falling asleep in church. If you were planning on having lunch with your friend and they showed up so tired that they not only kept falling asleep in the middle of your conversation, but they completely could not even think about what you were saying, would you not be a little offended? how can we expect to stay out all night saturday and then wake up on sunday and feel good and refreshed and ready to go?? haha, i had to laugh cause that so completely describes my attitude most of the time. I rarely go to bed before 2 or 3 am on saturdays and then get up and wonder why im so tired. and then half the time i leave after 'sunday school' because i know ill fall asleep in the service. anyway, so thats my goal for right now, to try and go to bed earlier on saturday nights so i can be in a better mood and be more coherent and alert on sunday morning. I dont really know all the answers but i figure that this could be a good way to start.......