Priorities

What’s more important?  To do your homework or to go to a friends house?  What’s more important?  To have your dinner on the table at a certain time or to finish a favorite book?

"What’s more important?"  A question we have asked our entire lives.  Now we are teaching our children to choose, “What’s more important?” 

           

This question is the essence of your priorities. A priority is: “something that deserves prior attention.” We evaluate our priorities every day.  It is interesting to watch our children evaluate right decisions. Actually the exchange is no longer “a right decision” but what works best with their personal priorities.

Our son has to decide in college if buying a new lacrosse stick is more important than paying his current education bill. Our eighth grader has to decide if she should spend the night at a friend’s house or complete an assignment from school.  Our eldest as a school teacher, now has to decide how late she should stay up as her mornings are early and demanding.

And as a parent, I too must decide what is important.  What is my priority?  If your child attends Calvary Christian Academy, we have been given another opportunity to hone our parenting skills.  The invitation involves a sacrifice, but it identifies our priorities.

Dr. Bob Barnes

CCA is making available Calvary Chapel pastors, CCA principles and Dr. Bob Barnes as they share their experience and expertise. It will be on Wednesday mornings from 7:45 to 8:45 during the month of September.  

The question becomes, "How serious am I about my parenting?"  "Do I care enough to look for every opportunity for the Lord to speak to me about becoming the best parent for my child?"

You may not live in our community, but my suspicion is you have your own way to grow as a parent.  Lets continue to make our children a priority by finding new ways to develop our parenting skills.