When it's wrong to be All In

Through the last few months of his life, Justin and I talked a lot about being "All In" and in the end, I believe he was.  But not everything merits, or is even appropriate for, being all in.  The good things in life are the enemy of the best things in life.  So often, we get "all in" on the wrong stuff, and then there is not enough left for us to be "all in" on the stuff that really matters.  This is how I would categorize a few common things in life, in no particular order.

All in things:

Your marriage
Being a mom or dad
Learning God's Word
Being a fundamentally good person
Living [not wasting] your life
Providing for and protecting your family
Being a good friend
Fighting to remain alive [like Justin did against cancer]
Christianity


Non-all in things

Football, NASCAR Races, or sports of any kind
Video Games, TV shows, books, movies, any entertainment
Making money
Clothing, toys [electronics & otherwise], any possessions
Seeking optimum health
Education
Hobbies, Hunting, Fishing, Boating
Blogging or Facebook

Not that I have any objection to football, fishing, or facebook.  In fact, those are all good things, even important, in their place.  I have a college degree, a blog, a Samsung Nexus, and I just got home from a fishing trip to Lake Texoma with some great friends of mine [It wasn't a top notch week for fishing but the lake was beautiful and the company was refreshing.]  But if we get unfocused and end up all in on the good things, we won't be able to be all in on the best things.

So how about it,  are you All In on the important stuff and not all in on the rest, or do you need to do a little priority shuffling?