We all say we don't "have time" for various things, but lately I've replaced that phrase. I now say I don't "make time" because I've become increasingly aware of the abundance of time, even for those of us who claim to be the busiest.

Somehow we usually accomplish what's most important to us; protestations that we can't often mean we don't want to admit where our real priorities lie.

For example, here are the necessary things I did today:
--Washed two loads of laundry
--Completed a major chunk of a consulting project due next Friday
--Wrote most of a Buzz column for Christian Standard
--Balanced my checkbook (to the penny, thank you)

Here are unnecessary things I did today:
--Watched funny videos on YouTube
--Added bookmarks to my Yahoo account
--Looked online for houses I can't afford to buy
--Found friends on Facebook (and briefly considered creating a page for my cat)
--shopped for clothes I don't need (Hey, 50% off WITH free shipping. C'mon.)
--Watched most of Gone with the Wind

Here are things I didn't do today:
--Work out
--Read my Bible (or anything else)

So while I would say I value my physical, spiritual, and intellectual health more than surfing the internet, shopping, and working, the list of what I made time for tells a different story.