It's on the list

This weekend my wife and I had a typical exchange.  I passed the kitchen trash bin and saw a repair that needed to be made.  The tools and the glue were in the garage workshop and I thought as soon as I can I will make the repair.  The following day she passed the the same situation and said "do you think wood glue would fix the trash can?" and I responded "it's on the list."  Of course at this point she just rolled her eyes.  I'm sure that what her eyes said, but not her mouth, was "the list? That black hole? It'll never be heard of again." 

The lists.  We all have them.  Those things we see, think, discover that need a portion of our time and attention.  Worthy of both, we get to the items that are most demanding.  "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" and all that.  Still, it doesn't suggest that the things on the list that remain undone aren't important.  They just lose to other items on the list.  Some items lose to others because of time, value, difficulty or deadline.  Others lose because of neglect.  "Out of sight, out of mind."

This morning I read  "Mere humans don't have what it takes; when they die, their projects die with them." (From Psalm 146, The Message)  I thought "this is the ultimate end of all lists."  It reminded me of an old lyric; "Only one life, it will soon be passed.  Only what's done for Christ will last."  In light of that reminder I must evaluate my lists with the eternal perspective in mind and always remember that if it's worthy of attention it's worthy of action.  In other words, don't brush off the prompting of the Spirit.  Someone's eternity may depend on it.