Dean, my husband, requested me if my prayer listing wasn’t simply one other to-do listing, and I mentioned, “After all not. No less than, I hope not. Nicely…no. I’m certain it will possibly’t be. The irony could be excessive.”
You see, my on a regular basis to-do lists are what maintain me centered on getting issues achieved. Additionally they give me goal. If a factor is on my listing within the morning and has a pleasant sharp line via it by 5 within the afternoon, then it’s a signal that I had a productive day. I can take a look at my listing of scratched-out duties and proudly say to myself, “I did stuff. My life was worthwhile immediately. I’m not lazy. There may be much less to do tomorrow due to all I did immediately. I deserve my maintain and a pleasant mattress.”
However my prayer listing is one other matter. My prayer listing says this: “Take a second to consider these individuals and conditions. Raise their troubles or hopes as much as God and relaxation them in his lap. Love them by specializing in their wants for an area of time, as a substitute of on my wants. Then detach. The result will not be mine to resolve. Success, accomplishment, and finality will not be a part of prayer. Don’t worry about one thing that has been given to God.”
More often than not, I maintain these two lists separate. However not all the time. The irony raises its amused head after I write “pray” on my to-do listing.
Then, I chuckle at myself. Laughter often calms down irony.
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