The Road and To do lists.

I had just dropped off my husband at work. My mind was focused on shifting my mental gears into my job and writing while my hand shifted gears in my car. 1st gear, getting into the process of what my to do list is for today; learning new terms, make a few phone calls; second gear, meet new bosses, eat lunch; third gear; writing. Once I had reached third gear I stayed there for a while. The car was running smoothly through traffic and in my mind was a solid to do list. Occasionally I would go to fourth gear and think about what to do tonight once I got home but otherwise I stayed in third and ran through the to do list.

What was really interesting is that all through my to do list, not once did my eyes leave the road and glance at the scenery. Not once did my mind leave the to do list and thank God that I am alive one more day on His great earth. Not once did I think that I even love my hubby. Only to do and road.

Isn't that how we run our lives? Isn't that how we go by day to day. We focus on our list of things that need to be accomplished and we think of how best to get revenge on that 'pipsqueak' who just cut us off. We think of getting our children to school and dashing past the homeless person on the side of the road, thinking to ourselves, 'I'll help them later' when really, we won't even notice them on the way back because we are thinking of what to have for supper and putting up our feet for some 'me time.'

It is increasingly obvious that today's society has become a society of 'I' rather than Him. We try to run our lives and we blame Him when things go wrong. We can't comprehend that the world does not revolve around our to do list and the road. We are always on the road moving from to do list to to list. There is never an end, never a 'break.'

When I turned into my works parking lot I looked at the sky and there was a brilliant red sunrise. It was the most of the sun that I would likely see today since it was overcast. But even in the busyness of my to do lists and the road, I decided to take time and thank God that I'm alive another day, and that He had the wonderful idea of putting that beautiful sunrise in my direct line of view so that I could focus on my road to him, rather than my road to to do.

** I referbished this post from my old blog. I think it's still pertinent even 2 years later. Let me know what you think!