What is important?

Posted by will | Filed under Thoughts

Take 30 seconds and ask yourself, what are the top 3 most important things in your life? Now that you have those, how do you show those things that you value them- odds are it is with your time or with your money.

Over the past 24 days I have begun to realize what is really important in my life. It wasn’t always what should have been important. It is amazing how losing your daughter will rock your world so much that you begin to question everything. When I say everything, I mean everything. Stuff that used to be a big deal all of a sudden seems insignificant. It no longer matters that Kelly loves to throw all of her shirts in the laundry inside out. I used to wonder why she couldn’t just turn them right side out so that when you fold clothes you don’t have to turn 12 of them right side out at once. I no longer wonder that, I’m just glad to have a wife whose t-shirts I can fold.

Since May 12, 2009 Kelly and my marriage has been closer and stronger than it has been over the past 6 years. For that, I am thankful. I wish that He could have done that in some other way, but he didn’t. I used to say that “I loved my wife,” but not in the way that I can say that same statement now after all we have been through. She is amazing, which most people already know, but to walk through this whole stage in our live together (or more accurately be carried by Jesus through it) has shown me time and time again how perfectly God designed her for me.

It amazes me how quickly I came to realize how precious each moment that we have been given really is. For me it took having next 18 years of your life planned upon raising a beautiful daughter come to a screeching halt. For you I pray that it does not take an event like mine. I hope in your life as you go through the next few days you will stop and realize what a blessing certain things are, while at the same time realizing how unimportant other things are. We must learn to identify these unimportant things in order to prevent them from robbing us in time and in joy from the important things. I say “we” because I know how easily I can forget and slip back to my old ideology of what is truly important.

If you get nothing else out of this post, I hope you at least will look at the things that seem difficult in your life and examine them with a much larger lens. Also, look at the people that are most important in your life and find out if they actually feel as valued as you think you value them. If you find discrepancies in these two areas make changes RIGHT NOW!

Permalink | June 4th, 2009

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    Fantastic post
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    For me, the realization of how precious life is started when I had a miscarriage during my first pregnancy. Like you said, I lost all the dreams I had for that baby. I began to realize just how miraculous life is. In fact, my doctor put it this way..."It's not so strange that these things would happen but that a child is ever born healthy." Then, my son, who was one of those miracles, had a flurry of seizures, and I realized even more how I had to treasure the people I love. I watched, not knowing what the days or years were going to bring for our family. The sudden loss of my aunt in an accident further reminded me of this. Thank you for sharing and making this fresh reminder to me of what is really important. It's funny to me that these tragedies in my life made me more relaxed, not more scared. I learned that God is holding me and He is able to carry me even through the worst moments of my life. He is always with us. You're an amazing family and God has wonderful plans for you.
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    What an awesome post Will. Thank you for your heart and for your relentless faith. Such a truth for all of us to examine in our lives and a realization, that God's plan trumps "our" plan.... everytime. As Christ followers, we are called to put Jesus first in our lives and our spouse and family next, our job....etc. but as we know, this WORLD lavishes our vulnerability with temptation, so we sometimes lose sight of our priorities and our valuable treasures.As I grow older, I am reminded daily that we are certainly not promised another breath or blink of an eye...and the importance of making each day count for Him should be our daily goal. You are so right....God's design in our lives is flawless with a peace He wants for us, that passes all our understanding, and we cannot waste a moment in cherishing the people in our lives that he has blessed us with...our spouses, our families, and our friends. Thank you and Kelly for being treasures in our lives, that we value to our core.
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    Fantastic, mind blowing and completely worth reading, thanks for posting it!

    Amber
 
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