Finished! Fin-E!

Wow what a day! It's one of those days where I want to make a list just so I can check off the things that I've already completed!

I'd even add, "get dressed" although I didn't really do that until after lunch. That's an accomplishment for me because I hate to get out of my comfy clothes. And it only happened because I had to go to the post office!

It feels good to get things accomplished. Putting things behind me and moving on to the next chore or project is a good feeling. Some projects are done forever, others are done for a little while and will have to be completed again at a later time, like dusting. Dusting is like chasing a toddler- Never ending.

Although I've accomplished much in this day, not all days are as satisfying and I have to ask myself why am I thinking up more projects instead of making a big tumbler of lemonade and sitting on the porch! It's a beautiful, breezy day that's begging me to go enjoy it...but I'm checking online to get ideas for something else to create.

Finished. Done. Complete. "check".

Sometimes I feel like there are so many things I want to do before I die that I am running in place and there just won't be enough time.

Jesus was able to say, "It is finished." St.John 19:30. When He said that, He wasn't finished at all. The task at hand was completed. He had sacrificed himself for us.

That should have been enough. He come to earth as a lowly human, humble yet sinless. He traveled and taught for thirty years. Miracles were performed and temptations thwarted. He was tortured and finally crucified. He wasn't finished. After all that, He rose from the grave and got to work.

Sitting at the right hand of God the Father as part of the Holy Trinity, He watches over us and waits for us to come to Him. Anxiously awaiting the day that we call on Him for Salvation and prepare for our eternity with Him.

No, He wasn't finished at all. Not even close. Never ceasing, never slumbering, He is always at work.

I'll not tarry. I will not grow faint in trying to help others learn of His guidance, protection and His love. How can I after all He's done for me?

My tasks may seem trivial. The lists I have for myself may not be important to anyone else and the projects I create don't always make sense to me even, but I'll keep going until my fingers don't work, my mind doesn't think and/or my body finally just stops. I can't waste a minute. There may not be another.

Ephesians 4
Read it.
Then read it again.
Live it.
I'll not stop trying.
If I tire, He'll remind me, pick me up, and help me keep going.