I had a horrible day at one point, and did something I never wanted to do again. I prayed that the lord would help me with my weakness so i would never be in the same situation again. He patiently showed me several ways that i needed to change.

I realized that my routine was becoming a God. I like to get a lot done during the day. A ridged schedule is impossible with young children, but I do have a routine I follow religiously. The first of the ten commandments is “Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.” I believe that this commandment teaches that we need to turn to God first as our authority, our support and follow His commandments before anything else.

I turned to my routine before I was turning to God. Instead of seeking God and what He would have me do, I would look at my list and what I had planned. If things went wrong, I got angry instead of being humble. At the end of the day, instead of evaluating my life with the commandments and expectations God has given us, I would judge how I did based on how well everything went and how much I got done.

So I am trying to change. Instead of seeking the next thing in my routine, I desire to pray to God and ask if there is anything that He needs me to do. At the end of the day, I need to not worry if I got the planned chores done, but if I was gentle and kind with my children, if i followed the exhortations in the scriptures.

There are many things which can come before God, and I don’t want any of them to do so any more. Sometimes it is my routines, my to-do list. Other times it is the distraction of media or a bad attitude. There is nothing more important to me than my faith and God, but I don’t always act that way.

What sometimes comes before God in your life and how can you change that?