Every once and a while, I find a need
to pull into one of my mind’s rest stops;
and for some reason, God sends me back
over the journey, checking to see
if I forgot something to do along the way.
You can’t erase the route that has taken
you to where you have pulled in; but
you can reflect upon what’s yet to be done
as you continue along the journey.
I’ve come to realize that the mind’s rest stops
are moments of revelations, enabling one to realize
that as in journeying, it is not the completion of a bucket list;
but awareness of the list of purposes you’re sent to accomplish.
Refreshed, I now know that a bucket list is things
we want to do;
but a purpose list is those things that God has
for us to do.