God, Relationship, Recovery

It is all too easy for me to get caught up in everything I need to do and put importance on the wrong things. When the bills are late and I'm not sure how I'm going to pay them, it seems silly not to act like that is the most important thing in life and focus on little other than work and financial pursuits. But I've learned through experience that while this is logical, it is not true. Yes, I need to work and meet my financial responsibilities, but spending time with God, making time for relationships, serving and helping others, and continuing the work that has been done to achieve and maintain sobriety is always more important. Without my recovery, without relationship with God and others, without being of service to God and my fellow man, it doesn't matter if the bills are paid on time or if all the Christmas presents are brought, or just about anything else that might pop up that I feel I need to do or have just doesn't matter. Everything is worthless and meaningless without God, relationship and recovery. But when those three are in the proper place in my life then every other area in my life becomes blessed as well.