What's On YOUR Bucket List?

Do you make New Year resolutions? I don't always. Too often I forget them by the time the band members finish playing Auld Lang Syne and have packed up their instruments to go home. But making resolutions can be a positive practice for anyone, especially Christians. After all, Christianity is about new life. And a New Year is a wonderful opportunity to make a new commitment to Christ.


Let me make a few quick suggestions:

Give yourself some time to think seriously about how you can improve your life in 2008. Ask yourself, "What would I do if I knew this would be my last year to live on earth?"


I haven't seen the The Bucket List yet but it sounds like an interesting movie. It stars Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as two terminally ill cancer patients who decide to break out of the hospital and live ther last days fufilling their "bucket list." This is a checklist of all the things they want to do before they kick the bucket. It includes such things as playing the poker tables in Monte Carlo, consuming huge amounts of caviar, and racing the fastest cars they can find.


I have a feeling that your list might be different from Jack Nicholson's and Morgan Freeman's. Number one on my bucket list is simple: before I die I would like to change the world. Oh, I know I can't do it by myself, but I don't have to.The Bible says that with God all things are possible. We can even move mountains! My list includes such things as: I would like to make someone's life better. Perhaps feed more hungry, clothe more naked. Build more houses in Sri Lanka. Heal more sick people in India. Reach more people for Christ in Biloxi. Bring more joy to the lonely.

I'm trying this blog thing. With it you can respond to my gleanings. I would love to hear about some of the things you have on yourbucket list! Post them and lets see how it works.