I had a goal for the Jeremiah Garden to be ready for planting when sessions started in mid-September. But life interfered.

There were things to do, schedules to be put together, lessons to be written, rooms to organize and people to train; not to mention that it was very hot to be working in the sun. I had good intentions, and I was even excited about the prospect of kids having fun digging in the dirt and carefully tending their own little garden, reaping a harvest eventually. But lack of time and the tyranny of the urgent kept me from investing the time and energy that would have the garden ready in time. Of course, not all is lost. I will get the work done bit by bit, and others will help, and the garden will become a sanctuary and place of wonder for the children in the program. But it could have happened sooner with better planning and time management.

The same is so often true of my spiritual life. I have the best of intentions to prioritize my walk with the Lord. I’ll get up a little early to really have some quiet, focused time with him. Or maybe it’ll happen right after dinner before I get involved in something else. But again, lack of time and the tyranny of the urgent take their toll. It’s not that I’m not excited about my time with the Lord, or that I don’t think I need it. I am and I do. But as distractions come along, priorities get twisted and I forget to keep my eyes on eternity; the temporal is so very visible and loud. Jesus says that my life shows where my true priorities are: