Family First

I keep my dog's water and food bowl on a washing machine pan in one corner of my kitchen.  It's a large tray that protects my kitchen floor from scattered dog food and puddles of water.  The other day I got down on my knees to wash this tray and when I stood back up to view my finished work, I realized that I had cleaned all the areas furthest from me and missed the one corner nearest to me.  
I neglected the very area that was the easiest to reach.
That's easy to do when we witness as well.  We tend to share Jesus through our missionaries around the world, or to a stranger we stand next to in the grocery store line, or even a neighbor we know a few blocks over-
But what about our own families?
Do we neglect to tell those closest to us what Jesus has done in our own lives?
In Luke 8, Jesus heals the Demoniac of Gadara, and in verse 39a, Jesus turns to this healed man and says, "Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee."
Go to your family first.
Lee Strobel once said, "I've seen far too many Christians who are more than willing to travel halfway around the world to volunteer for a week in an orphanage, but who cannot bring themselves to take the personal risk of sharing Jesus with the co-worker who sits day after day in the cubicle right next to them."
Our mission begins at home-
but that's just me!