I have been in on the beginnings of a great web homemaking mentoring program.  Martha Matthews has started a Keeping Up With Keeping Your Home Mentoring program on her website Christian Homemaking.  The classes require a membership.

The current class is Discovering Your Core Values.

For our first assignment, I have to think of the answers to the following questions.  These were such good questions, I thought I would ponder them here.

1. On what things do I spend most of my time?  I must confess, I spend lots of time on the computer.  Most of it is not in large chunks, just here and there throughout the day.  I spend lots of time on child care and training- probably the majority of my day is spent here.  I also spend a good bit of time on housekeeping type stuff.  Because we are here all day, we are constantly messing up what then needs to be cleaned up.
2. What do I see as my highest priorities in life right now?  God, Jason, my kids, my home, everything else (in that order)
3. What character traits are important to me? being dependable-( I am bad about committing without thinking it through and then backing out.  )  honesty (I don't like it when people put on a front or try to be somebody just to impress people.)
4. What principles am I unwilling to compromise?  1. God has given Jason and I the responsibility of training our children and we are not to "hand that off" to someone else.  2. Everything I am and everything I do should be viewed through the big picture of what God's big plan is.  In other words, everything is not about me; in fact nothing is really about me;  it is about God.
5. What people, things and activities are most important to me? My family, spending time with my family, reading and learning
6. What would I die for ?my family

I am sure I will think of more as I go through this class.  These are my first ponderings.  I think it is soooo important to do this because one thing I have been convicted of lately is how easily the best things get sacrificed to the good things.  In other words, I can make choices every day to do certain things.  Some things I choose are good things.  But, if I am neglecting my first priorities, I am sacrificing the best for the good. 

I'm sure that is as clear as mud.  But, I am coming more and more to see how important it is that I KNOW my priorities and ACT on them!

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