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This morning, my son forcibly refocused my views. My wife left earlier to lead a children’s program at church and left me at home with the boys. I figured it would be a synch and no big deal. It wasn’t the first time that I watched them myself. I was actually looking forward to just hanging around with just the men. After all, I am working for most of their waking days.
The Excuse
It’s not that I was purposefully doing it, but it is only natural to my usual multi-tasking life. I’m so used to doing five things at once that I tend to put people on the backburner. It was no different this time, except my oldest son decided to change it up.
The Story
The boys were playing on the floor so I decided to catch up on some reading [Preaching that Connects]. Its a book that talks about using journalism techniques to help in preaching, and I thought it might be helpful for my writing. As I opened the book and began reading a random paragraph, my son snuck up like a shark, grabbed the book, shut it and handed it back to me. I thought it was funny and reopened it. Immediately, he jumped off the floor and did the process again. Only this time, I looked in his eyes and saw him begging me to watch them. Suddenly, it dawned on me that in all my attempts to be efficient with my time, I slipped at the most important responsibility: my relationship with my sons.
THE POINT
 I wonder how many times we overvalue multitaslking and getting things done more than the important relationships surrounding us. Thereby, entirely missing the point of any given moment.
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Neat story. Funny how kids can do that kind of stuff. Do they really know what they are doing, or is it just a funny coincidence?
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