When I heard that “30 Days To Live” will be an upcoming sermon series, I jumped for joy. For some reason, I have been fascinated with life and death. In fact the older I get it seems I place more value on time. (I can’t even remember the last time I played a video game) I think the age/time value ratio rings true for all of us. Taking things for granted is too easy in our society. I read a book recently that asked this question…
Look at what you’re currently doing and ask yourself, “What will I sacrifice if I continue on this track for 5, 10, or 20 years?”
MY JOURNALED ANSWER: If I continue on the track I am on. I may either be promoted to Worship Leader or relocate to another Church serving as their Worship Leader. Continuing in the ministry will be a constant tug on my relationship with my parents, Jenn’s parents, and we will miss the final days of our grandparents lives. I love my job. I love what I am doing. Not being involved in ministry is not an option, but it takes it’s toll. Because it takes the weekends and holidays. When I do have time off and assuming Jenn is off, it is a conflict of spending time with the each other or traveling to see family. Thinking about possibly missing the last years of our parents or grandparents life is unsettling. In our society/culture “church” happens on the weekends and holidays. As newly weds figuring out the holidays is difficult enough, then adding on a job that takes away weekends and holidays, leads to complex planning.
I guess much of this stems from spending the last few days with my sister, recently skyping with Jenn’s parents online, spending some time with the grandparents, and trying to plan for the upcoming holidays/anniversary! Jenn and I are super lucky to have family that loves us and want to spend time with us. We are blessed on many accounts. Please do not take this as me complaining about my job, I am very blessed and love what I am doing. But sometimes saying things out loud is healthy. A counseling of sorts!
The truth is we all have situations and stories in each of our lives. And this brings me to the point of this blog entry…
It all comes down to Things we want to do .VS. Things we ought to do
What is on your proverbial bucket list? What keeps you from from fulfilling those dreams?
As I have experienced life I find more and more things I would like to do…
Take a surfing lesson, ride a motorcycle down highway one, learn to fly a small plane, scuba dive in the eastern hemisphere, visit Europe/Asia (Catacombs, Taj Mahal, Great Wall of China), adopt, start an online business, learn to sail, run a half-marathon, hangglide, ride a bike a 100 miles in one day, learn a foreign language, get a song cut, swim with a shark, I could go on and on…
But I want to hear about your bucket list…
Let me ask again…What is on your bucket list? What keeps you from from fulfilling those dreams?
You can email me at MyBucketList2009@gmail.com or you can leave a comment below.
Great entry Robbie. God book too.