Day 6 – What Actually Matters
Day 6 – What Actually Matters
April 6, 2026 — Monday
The day after Easter felt… quiet.
No services.
No crowds.
No momentum to carry.
Just space.
And in that space, reality showed up.
Back to Work Mode
I had the day off from church.
So I did what I usually do—
I got up early, set up my office, turned on the lights, the camera…
and went straight into work mode.
I was recording a message for ROI.
Dialed in. Focused.
The kind of focus where everything else fades out.
When Focus Becomes a Problem
At some point, my daughter woke up.
She came to the door.
Knocking.
And I was locked in.
So I told my wife to come get her.
Keep things moving.
Stay on task.
But a few minutes later…
It hit me.
I didn’t even say good morning.
And that moment didn’t feel small.
It felt wrong.
The Kind of Leader I Don’t Want to Be
I’ve always told myself:
Family comes first.
That work would never override what matters most.
But in that moment—
It did.
Not intentionally.
Not out of neglect.
But out of focus.
And it made me realize something uncomfortable:
You don’t drift away from what matters through bad intentions…
You drift through small, justified moments.
“I’m in the middle of something.”
“I’ll get to it in a minute.”
“Let me just finish this first.”
And before you know it—
You missed something you can’t get back.
A Reset
I went out.
Said good morning.
Gave her a kiss.
Re-centered.
She was fine.
But I wasn’t.
Because I knew:
That moment mattered more than what I was recording.
And Then… Everything Broke
After hours of recording—
Three and a half hours of setup, filming, dialing everything in—
I checked the footage.
The audio was ruined.
Every file.
Unusable.
And in that moment, I had a choice:
Get frustrated…
or pay attention.
Because sometimes when things break—
It’s not just technical.
What Was Actually Important
I couldn’t help but connect it:
The thing I prioritized in that moment—
the work, the recording, the output—
Didn’t even matter in the end.
It’s all gone.
But the moment with my daughter?
That was real.
That was lasting.
That was important.
The Rest of the Day
Later, we spent time with family.
My stepbrother and his wife are in town, so we showed them around.
And again, something stood out—
Our conversations.
They keep coming back to:
faith
Scripture
Jesus
Naturally.
Not forced.
Not surface-level.
And I keep thinking:
This never used to be our normal.
But now…
It is.
And something about that feels like real change.
The Tension
I’m learning how to balance two worlds:
Focus and presence
Work and family
Output and what actually matters
And I don’t have it perfected.
Not even close.
But I’m becoming more aware.
The Anchor
“Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” — Matthew 6:21
What you prioritize reveals what you value.
Not what you say.
What you do.
Closing Thought
I lost three and a half hours of work yesterday.
But that’s not what stayed with me.
What stayed with me was this:
The things we rush past…
are usually the things that matter most.
