My First Post

So a little bit about me before I get going, since this is my first blog and all. I'm a college student who is trying to live life to it's fullest. I am a Christian, and definitely don't know everything there is to know about God, but I'm hoping to learn more as the days go on. My life motto has been "the only constant is change" (I'll post more on that in the future). I don't really know what I want to accomplish with this blog other than to get my thoughts out. And here is what I'm thinking:

There have been too many days where I have been going from one thing to the next to the next. They’re fun, and I get to do what I want, but they’re not fulfilling. There is nothing wrong with my commitments at all (school, friends, girlfriend, soccer, band, church, studying/homework, working out, tutoring kids downtown). I can get all of them into my schedule, and it works, but there is never a focus. Can one do too much good? I have begun to think so. I remember hearing stories of pastors - leaders of a congregation - slipping in their personal relationship with Christ because they are too busy working at their church. What if some of these priorities were eliminated? Taking out soccer would leave me with 6-8 more hours during the week that I could use to focus on another priority. Jesus said no to good things. Instead of healing people who were looking for Him, He went away to spend time alone with His father. What if all of them where eliminated, or focused around one priority. It has been said time and time again to make God your focus. Yet, I keep saying yes to other things. Every choice has an opportunity cost; it is what or who you say “no” to whether you know it or not. When I say yes to tutoring kids downtown, I say no to extra time with God. Yes, you can reflect God through that action, and it is a great thing to do, but when added on top of all the other things that I have on my plate, it adds up. I don’t want to say that my personal relationship has been my opportunity cost, but it’s become that way and I need to change it. I am going to try and plan my schedule around my one on one God time for a month and see how that works out.