The Leftovers: Are You Giving God and Your Spouse the Scraps?

What comes first in your life? It's easy to claim our priorities - God, family, country - but do our daily habits tell a different story? In this thought-provoking episode, I challenge us all to honestly examine what we do before opening our Bibles or bowing our heads in prayer.

Marriage serves as a powerful metaphor throughout our discussion. Remember how you dressed up for dates, washed your car, and put your best foot forward while courting? Yet after the wedding, many of us give our spouses only the leftover scraps of our attention while reserving our best efforts for bosses and colleagues who don't even love us. One particularly moving story illustrates this perfectly: a husband who prioritized work comes home to find only crumbs of food left for him - a physical representation of the emotional leftovers his wife received daily.

The biblical prophet Joel calls us to "return to the Lord with all your heart" - not through empty gestures but through genuine spiritual renewal. This message resonates profoundly for America today. As Daniel Webster reminded us, our nation's founding succeeded because "the character of our countrymen was sober, moral and religious." Without these Christian principles as our foundation, liberty simply cannot survive.

"Christless conservatism" may be the greatest danger facing our nation - even more than leftism or socialism. When we separate God from state (not just church from state), we cut the anchor from our ship, leaving us adrift at the mercy of moral relativism and the whims of those in power. Recent political victories might be merely the beginning of a long journey back to spiritual health, not the end of our national struggles.

How do you commemorate those who sacrificed for America? Do we honor the principles of the Bunker Hill Monument, or have we replaced meaningful remembrance with celebrity worship? Let's recommit ourselves to the unchanging principles that made America great - not just in our words, but in how we spend our time and attention each day.

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