This weeks thoughts are; "what do we put first instead of following Christ?"

In Luke 9: 59-62 it says, "And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God." 

At first read you could think these verses are mean or unkind but if you look at what it's saying is, "put Christ first". We also need to remember that the bible was written for a people that lived a long time ago. They were farmers and fisher man. Christ use things and language that they would understand. The web site becoming christians said, "For a plowman to be successful in His work, he must concentrate on the job he started. He knows that the only way is forward and not being distracted by the things left behind. In case the plowman starts to look back, his plow line would become crooked. If that happens, the field he is plowing will not yield a full harvest." I know I have put Family and tv first before something maybe I should've done instead.