Make a List

It was just this past weekend when the letter came in the mail. Kristina has been nominated to join the National Honor Society. I was very excited in that I was never a part of that organization when I was in high school. The criteria that you have to meet to just be nominated is very tough and even though I made good grades I never made those type of grades. Kristina seemed excited and as we read the letter we realized that she had to attend a meeting at 7:20 a.m. today and hand in a list of accomplishments.

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Naturally, as she always does, Kristina waited until the last minute. We are driving to school this morning at 7:00 and she has paper and pencil in hand making out a list of things she's has done. She listed the yearbook, running track, her positions and accomplishments in theater, working in the nursery at church, the possibility of going on a mission trip this summer, etc. She finished her list just as we drove up to the school.

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As I was driving to work I began to think about how proud I was of her (even though she is a procrastinator) and how far she has come in the past year or so. Then, as I sat down at my desk I began to think about the list that we were making out on the way to school and wondered what MY list would say. What sort of accomplishments have I achieved?

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All of our deeds, good and bad, will one day be judged. 2 Corinthians 5:10 says "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad." What will your list say? Are you a missionary in your home, in your workplace, at the grocery store, driving in traffic...? Do you go above and beyond to help and minister to those in need? Do you search for a need and then fulfill it? As women, as mothers, as wives it is time for us to begin to focus on our mission field...our homes, our jobs, our malls, our ballparks!