My life verse is Ephesians 5:15 – 17 “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.”
If you know me, I run most of my life through this filter.
Am I making the most of this opportunity?
Am I wasting time or redeeming time?
Is this activity worth my time?
Is it God-honoring?
There are so many good things in this world to spend my days doing.
But are they the BEST!?
I learned this saying years ago, “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best!”
So this is my goal.
Do I always get it right? Nah.
But it is what I strive for and where I aim my arrow and shoot.
So as I was planning this summer, I used this filter. We started off the summer in Mexico on a house build project. After that the kids had a week of serving and attending VBS at our church. We packed our bags for two weeks in upstate New York at a Christian camp my husband grew up at. At Camp of the Woods, God is the center each day. The last two weeks of the trip, we have traveled down the East Coast on a history field trip. We wanted to live out the history we had learned about this year. A hands on approach to studies about our founding fathers who loved God and built our country upon biblical principles. Another goal was to fellowship with friends and family along the way.
I don’t tell you this to brag about what we did this summer, but simply to point out the thought and planning that went into each week. The question asked, “Am I making the most of my time with my kids each day this summer? Am I being wise?”
These last days of summer will be spent at home more, as we are bringing home a souvenir puppy from our time on the Amish farm in Pennsylvania. The kids will get an opportunity to raise and train another being. Right now, he is very sick with "Puppy Strangles" so we are nursing him back to health. God knows what our family needs.
As I am looking to the fall, how can we make the most of every opportunity? Looking at my children's schedules, why are we doing this activity? Are the days too full? Do we have at least 5 family dinners a week? Where are my priorities?
The grid of Ephesians 5:15-17 helps me put things into perspective.
What about you? How do you make the most of every opportunity? I would love to hear different ideas on this topic.
When Jeanna is not writing, speaking, event planning, or homeschooling, she can be found scrapbooking her life, redecorating her home, loving on her husband, planning fun events for her kids or eating healthy to stay cancer-free!
