God, Spouse, Children... In That Order.

Sometimes it is hard to remember who should be in what order in your life. A lot of times our priorities are not always the best. Recently it has come to my attention just how much my priorities need some fixing.

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My Husband and I married young and though we have had our ups and downs, I would have to say we still have a wonderful marriage and beautiful family. The world will always give you pros and cons about getting married at whatever age you are, but getting married at a young age does throw a pretty big con at you; how much time you have spent with friends. My husband and I loved spending our alone time together but I feel because we were younger we really loved and wanted friend time and while it is a great thing to have friends, you have to watch who you devote most of your time to. Having children also makes it a little difficult to understand in what order everything should go. I'm not sure if it is because as a woman I have motherly instincts or if it is because it is just so amazing that of course it being God's will, I brought a child into this world with my body, but It's a different kind of love to have for your child than for your spouse, at times it does get hard to know who to put first. I always know in my heart and in the back of my head it is meant to be God, spouse, children, family and then friends. Did I always follow this? No.
   
While talking with my Husband the other day we said how we have both realized that yes we like spending time with our friends but our devotion to God and our marriage slips because of how much time we spend with them. Sometimes it takes you to go through something a little rough to realize what you need to do to fix things. When your relationship with God starts to fall short; everything in your life does. So what do you do? Start praying and asking for Gods wisdom to handle the situation correctly, take action and start reading the Bible together and study on what you should do, and reprioritize your life.
  
We know that first and foremost our devotion should be to our Heavenly Father, then our spouse; which is why from the beginning God created a help mate for Adam. (Genesis 2:18-Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone, I will make a helper suitable for him." Next comes devotion to your children. Having a child is a blessing from God and we should be so appreciative of that. (Psalm 127:3)
   
As you go about your day, just stop and think; are you devoting your time to God and your spouse properly? or are you putting others before them?

Thanks to all who have taken time to read this, I hope it was able to help you in some way and may you have a wonderful God filled evening!
-A Woman with Faith