This post may be off the subject I have been discussing, but has been heavy on my heart, and I just need to share.  My 5 and 1/2 year-old son has started baseball.  Last time we “tried” this, he was 3, high-strung, and a very emotional child.  Now with 2 competitive parents, baseball and a child like this does not mix, at all.  Even after the horrifying, yes it was horrifying for all of us,  1st experience of baseball, we decided to take another stab at it.  Difference is now he “wants” to play.  Alleluia! But still, we’ll see.

Now I am a very “committed” person, in that when I say I am going to do something I do it.  There is a character issue, I believe, for not following through.  Now of course there are exceptions, but most feel any excuse, or non excuse cuts it.  Trust me I have been on the receiving end of this many times, and most excuses, well, were less than worthy.  But hey, I made be totally committed to a fault, and may set too high of an expectation for others, who knows.  But why am I discussing this?  Mostly because I have been told, that in the league my son plays in, we are expected to drop everything (mind you he is only 5 and 1/2)  for practices and games.  I have a little problem with that, because we are “committed” to some other things as well.  Now, so far, it has not been an issue, but I was told it would become one in the future “if we did not make baseball a priority”.  Both my husband and I are on the same page with this issue so we have decided to make all decisions based on……… you guessed it, our priorities!  And baseball seems to be a little lower on the list at this moment.  Have you ever heard the phrase “God honors commitment?”  I believe that wholeheartedly mainly because I have seen him work (example to come).

When was the last time you made a list of priorities?  Now yours may not be the same as mine, but see my point.  Our priorities are as follows:

1. God
2. Husband/wife
3. Kids/family
4. Finances
5. Friends

And it goes on from there.  But if you have problems making decisions about what to do in a certain situation, as we have in the past, you can always go back to this/your list.  What I mean is, our son had baseball practice (could go under kids or lower) on Wed night, but we also had AWANA (God) that night.  our decision was easy, our son was going to AWANA, because that is our priority.  As far as God honoring our commitment, well, practice ended up getting cancelled anyway!   We also received the baseball schedule for games, I was told we may have games at 1 on Sundays, where as I said, we will get there after church.  I was told most people get there 45 min before games, again, sorry, but what are our priorities?  Guess what, since our family already had our priorities in order, the decision was made.  And I believe God honored that by having all his games later in the day.  We are also, as parents, willing to take whatever time and energy is needed to work with our son, outside of practice, you want to know why?  Because we are committed.

So I guess this article could be considered part of the subject of getting rid of debt, because God does honor commitment, and if you are willing to commit to debt reduction to honor Him, he will show you the path to get it done!

PS- we have not had any issues with our baseball league, my husband and son are loving it, it was just a perfect example for this post at this time.