Ok, so I like to make lists... There is a strange comfort in writing down things that I want to accomplish or perhaps have already done. Today as I was waiting on my lunch I flipped over my receipt and wrote down the gifts I was purchasing for others for Christmas. Granted, most of the items on the list were already purchased, but it helped me see how much I had accomplished to write it out and how much I had left to go. It helped me get organized and make sure no one was left off or short changed in the gift department. I’ve even brained washed my five year old into this practice. In recent past he has been my grocery list checker offer. It helps with his reading skills, not to mention gives him a task while I try to get the items on the list. We have even thrown the list away together at the store just to feel that satisfaction of completion. “We did it! We’re a team.” he says. And we are a team.
Six years ago I was at a much more unorganized time in my life. I had just turned 21, just found out I was pregnant, withdrew from my private liberal arts school, moved home with the parentals and had no job and no plan. I had sunken deep into depression feeling that God had somehow forgotten me and that I could never earn his love back. I remember one very dark day emotionally I had been in bed all day and rolled over to my Bible. I will never forget that moment.
