Priorities

Happy Friday Friends!

I hope and trust this post finds you all having a great Saturday...it is such a beautiful day! Additionally, I hope and trust you all had a great week.

So here I am writing Happy Friday on Saturday once again and I don't have much time. I feel bad that I was not able to get Happy Friday out on Friday however my spirit tells me that I am getting this to you all at the perfect time. Let me explain.

This past week I was out of town for work from Tuesday through Thursday night. My flight landed on Thursday night at 10:15 p.m. By the time I had gone to baggage claim, taken the shuttle to my car and drove home I got home at 11:30 p.m. I had made up my mind that I would type Happy Friday then, when I got home, because by the time I got all done it would be past midnight. When I opened the door I saw the most beautiful sight; my Precious Bride had decided to surprise me by staying up until I got home. We stayed up talking about our week, our life, our family until nearly 1:00 a.m.

No problem I thought as I drifted off to sleep, I will get up first thing in the morning and send out Happy Friday. I had the alarm set for 6:00 a.m. - this would give me 30 minutes before my boys woke up. Within 30 seconds of the alarm going off I heard a rustling by our bedroom door. I turned to see these two beautiful blue eyes staring at me. My 12-year old softly said, "I have been waiting for you to get up." We couldn't have talked for more than 5 minutes when my 7-year old came running into the room, jumping into my arms and telling me, "I love you Daddy"...one of approximately 20 times he would tell me this over the next 2 hours we would spend together before I left for the office. Happy Friday would now have to be on hold...I needed - wanted really - to spend time with my family. My spirit told me then, and confirms now, that this was the right decision.

O.K., no problem. I will send out Happy Friday on Friday night after we get home from my 16-year olds first football game of the season. Yeah I know, I should have known better. After the game, after going to dinner with several players & their parents and then getting home my boys - all of them - and I sat out on the back porch and talked about the game, about leadership, about life. At 12:30 a.m. we decided it was probably time to go to bed. I guess Happy Friday would now have to wait until Saturday.

Today has been a great day. Our family spent time together this morning, we went and got all my 7-year olds stuff for Cub Scouts, we went to a Bar & Grill and ordered nothing but cheese curds with lemon waters...we have spent time together, enjoying one another - I love that!

So here I am. I want to ask you Friends to please think about and consider your priorities. I can't tell you what they should be - your spirit will have to be your guide. For every choice we make their is a sacrifice of another choice and there are consequences. You all are very, very important to me. Sending out Happy Friday is very, very important to me. Sending out a thought, an idea on Facebook and on Twitter every day is very, very important to me. Choosing to be an intentional, positive influence in others lives every day is very, very important to me. As I have thought about all of this, recognizing the peace in my spirit as I went from one thing to another I realized my priorities were being ordered. For me I am first a precious child of a loving God. First I will pursue Him each day. Second, I have been given the honor, the privilege and the awesome responsibility of being the husband to the greatest earthly gift God could ever give. I love, value, cherish and adore my Precious Bride, I am fully committed to her and to our marriage - I must first be the husband she needs. Third, I have been given the honor, the privilege and the awesome responsibility of being the father to 3 precious spirits - boys becoming men who will someday have to answer their call from God, to make decisions for their wives and for their children. I have been called to lead them, to guide them, to protect them. After my wife, they are my most important calling on earth. Fourth is this awesome, inspiring calling that God has given me to choose to be an intentional, positive influence in the lives of others. I will continue to fulfill this calling however it will only been done properly & in order - God, Wife, Sons & Serving Others.

I gotta run now. We are headed over to my in-laws house for a cookout to celebrate my brother-in-laws birthday. I get to spend time with my precious family and I get to have a cookout...blessed beyond measure!!!

Please don't hesitate to contact me if there is ever anything I can do for you or your families.

Have a great day, a wonderful weekend, please do take a moment to intentionally choose your priorities and enjoy your precious families.

Kev