Resting at the Lord’s Feet
Today I have had a check list with an endless stream of tasks that in my head I must get done. I once had a woman tell me when I was in Africa, “For you Americans it is all about the tasks you get checked off your checklist you have, you guys value the tasks, here we are arrive late sometimes because we ran into someone and stopped to have a conversation with them, here the relationships are most important.” Although I do think it is important to be responsible and love the feeling of achieving a goal or even just checking off the task from my list, I fall into this trap too often. Today we had traditions service at my church it is when we get together in the evening and sing several hymns and listen to some scripture. I love going to this. I almost didn’t go tonight because my flesh was telling me I have so much I needed to do. I almost let something so precious as spending time with the Lord be stolen from me by my own ego in the desire to see my today’s to do list completed. Even i
