make time for family

We returned from vacation and time with family yesterday, and there are many take aways that I brought home. There is one. That is one big one and simple too.

Spend time with the people who mean the most to you, focus on them, have fun, laugh a lot… what we say doesn’t always match what we do. What do you call that person? You call them a hypocrite. That is not what I want to be

The last two weeks have done a lot for us. But the big thing it did was help me realize that we will not always have this time together. Make the most of what you have. Time is not something we can get back.

Maybe you have heard what I have… let me explain. You don’t hear people at the end of their life saying “I wish I worked more” or “I wish I spent less time with my loved ones”.

It is not always the easiest choice, but it is the best one.

Honor the people the love.

Proverbs 3:27 NIV

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.

Build up the people you love.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 NIV

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

Make time for those the people you love.

Ephesians 5:16 NLT

Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days.

It really is that simple. I am grateful for the extended times I get with my wife and kids, and our daughters families. Really this is the second greatest blessing in my life right after my salvation!

Out your time where your heart it.

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