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When i was in middle school, there was a once weekly group called First Priority. It met during lunch, and was ostly a joke, and I didn’t go often. There was one presentation, though, that I remember well.

The girl, once in my class, had two large glass pickle jars. In the first jar, she poured it full of sand, and then tried to wedge a statue of Jesus into it. It wouldn’t fit.

In the second jar, she put Jesus in first, and then poured the sand all around it.

Her point was, when you put everything else in your life before God, he won’t fit. he’s misplaced. But if you put God first, all the other parts of your life seems to fit around him perfectly.

At the time, I wasn’t very religious, and I equated “:God First” people do be all fundamental nutjobs who kept their kids under lock and key and isolated them away from everything but the Bible.

But reccently, as I’ve been becoming more of a spiritual person, my memory brought this back up again. At first I was struggleing with how one fits God into their life. I felt like becoming a more religious person would mean I’d have to be one of those aforementioned nutjobs, who proclaied Disney to be the devil, and swore hellfire and brimstone on everyone who missed church on Sunday. But when I remembered this little show, something clicked.

Everyone has a whole ton of stuff going on in their lives. Family, friends, birthdays, anniversaries, recitals, games, first dates, school. This place to go, this person to call, this letter to answer, this party to buy an outfit for. And it suddenly made sense that, someone who puts God first doesn’t shove everything else out of their lives and live in a hole on bread and water. But rather, you shift your life around, edge things over, trim out the excess to make room, and then, everything just…fits! You can’t shove God into a life that’s already full, but a full life can fit perfectly around God

…this post is 10 times sappier and more cheerful than anything I usually write. But I just had to share this.
 
I’m so glad you’ve learned from that! What a blessing :).
 
Never know when an old lesson might come back to you and “click.” 🙂
 
That story was all I needed!!! Thank you for making my day. 🙂 Or God did through you. 👍:hug1:

~Therese
 
shondrea said:
When i was in middle school, there was a once weekly group called First Priority. It met during lunch, and was ostly a joke, and I didn’t go often. There was one presentation, though, that I remember well.

The girl, once in my class, had two large glass pickle jars. In the first jar, she poured it full of sand, and then tried to wedge a statue of Jesus into it. It wouldn’t fit.

In the second jar, she put Jesus in first, and then poured the sand all around it.

Her point was, when you put everything else in your life before God, he won’t fit. he’s misplaced. But if you put God first, all the other parts of your life seems to fit around him perfectly.

At the time, I wasn’t very religious, and I equated “:God First” people do be all fundamental nutjobs who kept their kids under lock and key and isolated them away from everything but the Bible.

But reccently, as I’ve been becoming more of a spiritual person, my memory brought this back up again. At first I was struggleing with how one fits God into their life. I felt like becoming a more religious person would mean I’d have to be one of those aforementioned nutjobs, who proclaied Disney to be the devil, and swore hellfire and brimstone on everyone who missed church on Sunday. But when I remembered this little show, something clicked.

Everyone has a whole ton of stuff going on in their lives. Family, friends, birthdays, anniversaries, recitals, games, first dates, school. This place to go, this person to call, this letter to answer, this party to buy an outfit for. And it suddenly made sense that, someone who puts God first doesn’t shove everything else out of their lives and live in a hole on bread and water. But rather, you shift your life around, edge things over, trim out the excess to make room, and then, everything just…fits! You can’t shove God into a life that’s already full, but a full life can fit perfectly around God

…this post is 10 times sappier and more cheerful than anything I usually write. But I just had to share this.
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Nice! 👍
 
Thank you Shondrea. Very well written. And it’s also a good lesson that when we teach the truth, God always uses it for good, even if it turns out to be years later. Teachers who feel that they aren’t getting through, should always trust that God won’t allow their commitment to be in vain. Thank you Lord for never abandoning Shondrea.
 
That is a great visual. That story reminded me of a plaque I received for Confirmation many years ago. On the plaque was written:

As the sea is all of the wave
And the wave is part of the sea,
So I am part of God
And God is all of me.

Thank you for sharing your story.

God Bless!
 
shondrea said:
When i was in middle school, there was a once weekly group called First Priority. It met during lunch, and was ostly a joke, and I didn’t go often. There was one presentation, though, that I remember well.

The girl, once in my class, had two large glass pickle jars. In the first jar, she poured it full of sand, and then tried to wedge a statue of Jesus into it. It wouldn’t fit.

In the second jar, she put Jesus in first, and then poured the sand all around it.

Her point was, when you put everything else in your life before God, he won’t fit. he’s misplaced. But if you put God first, all the other parts of your life seems to fit around him perfectly.

At the time, I wasn’t very religious, and I equated “:God First” people do be all fundamental nutjobs who kept their kids under lock and key and isolated them away from everything but the Bible.

But reccently, as I’ve been becoming more of a spiritual person, my memory brought this back up again. At first I was struggleing with how one fits God into their life. I felt like becoming a more religious person would mean I’d have to be one of those aforementioned nutjobs, who proclaied Disney to be the devil, and swore hellfire and brimstone on everyone who missed church on Sunday. But when I remembered this little show, something clicked.

Everyone has a whole ton of stuff going on in their lives. Family, friends, birthdays, anniversaries, recitals, games, first dates, school. This place to go, this person to call, this letter to answer, this party to buy an outfit for. And it suddenly made sense that, someone who puts God first doesn’t shove everything else out of their lives and live in a hole on bread and water. But rather, you shift your life around, edge things over, trim out the excess to make room, and then, everything just…fits! You can’t shove God into a life that’s already full, but a full life can fit perfectly around God

…this post is 10 times sappier and more cheerful than anything I usually write. But I just had to share this.
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This presentor inaverdately has made a good case for infant baptism…
 
This is one of my favorite quotes. Do you know where one can purchase the plaque? I had one in college, which has disappeared in the course of many moves! Thanks…JK
joplee said:
That is a great visual. That story reminded me of a plaque I received for Confirmation many years ago. On the plaque was written:

As the sea is all of the wave
And the wave is part of the sea,
So I am part of God
And God is all of me.

Thank you for sharing your story.

God Bless!
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the first rule of time management is put God first, then all else will fall into place. Fail to give him his hour a day, and the other 23 will never work for you.
 
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