Lately I have been doing a lot of reflecting on my life and the kind of life I want to lead. There are so many good I want to be able to do, things I want to be able to accomplish. Particularly things I want to teach my children. But when I look at how I am living my life now, it is going to take a long time to be able to accomplish the least of items on that list, let alone all of them. So I know I need to make changes, I know I want to be more organized, have a better schedule and be teaching my children differently then I have been doing. I want to not only recognize the value of work, but know it by living it. I want to be actively shaping my character, not simply letting life happen to me. The difficulty is that I have wanted this in the past. But I can never seem to keep the motivation and commitment that I start with. As I was pondering that today, two verses in particular came to mind:
But before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom of God. -Jacob 2:18
