Wasted Time?

Three posts in three days? Man, I've really gotten into this blog thing lately, but to be honest, I think it's just a form of stress relief, because I'm going through an overwhelming time with work. I've taken on a bit more than I can handle with teaching an evening ESL class from 6-8 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I find that I feel like posting when I'm stressed (ie, the Lost entry and the Paint entry from February). I'm not ready AT ALL for tomorrow's ESL class... but I came home early and took my kids to the park. The weather is warming up, flowers are starting to bloom, and we had a lot of fun. Was it a waste of time? Of course not! We never look at spending time with our kids as a waste of time. Yet what about spending time with God? How easily I rationalize that time away. I would never call prayer or Bible study a waste of time, but my actions speak otherwise. For when I put work, the gym, even family time, over time with my Savior, I'm basically saying, "I can't waste valuable minutes on Him... I have more important things to do." Today in the One Year Bible I was reading in Mark 14:3 "Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper; during supper a woman came in with a beautiful flask of expensive perfume. Then breaking the seal, she poured it over his head. Some of those at the table were indignant among themselves about this 'waste,' as they called it." The point is, anything you "waste" on Jesus, whether it's time or money or even your life, is actually the most worthwhile investment you can make. So waste some time with God today!