Meek Milly’s List

So my sister and I spoke earlier this year about what we hoped to do for 2016 , now in April something has got me thinking of what I hope to do with my life ; essentially what I want to look back and say I did when the time comes for me to  say bye-bye (Ad finem vitae) . All this got me excited to set up my (for want of a better term) ‘bucket list’. I feel I must write this with a bit of preface for context though hear me out:  Ecclesiastes 6:9 Amplified Bible (AMP) ⁹ What the eyes see [enjoying what is available] is better than [craving] what the soul desires. This too is futility and chasing after the wind. As much as I want all or as many of these things to happen in my life I want to be able to enjoy the right now also as I push ahead. I have dreams, I have soul cravings but I have purpose even if I haven’t completed as much of my list as I had hoped by this age (whatever age that is). What matters also is that I do not sit idly by , progress is being made!!!! What’s more than my list?: What God has in store for me (at any age) !!! Don’t get it twisted though he does not intend to know your plans but completely ignore them he just has a higher calling for you that your human plans can’t truly encompass and it must be done his way!!

Psalm 37:4 ESV  Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

In addition to this new delight I’ve found I also  know I’m taking everything (including this list)  to the Lord (he is my confidant) I’m not doing this because I selfishly want my desires to be actualized (though the promise of that is reassuring) I am doing it because I just love my God and when you love someone you want to share everything with them….isn’t that true for you?

Proverbs 16:1-3 ESV The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the  spirit. Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

The List

1.  Disciple many to Christ,
2. See the Golden Gate Bridge    
3. Walk the Great wall of China 
4. Visit Seychelles and breathe in all that clean air, 
5. Have my natural hair and love it, (the struggle continues)
6. Play the piano,(in progress soon) 
7. Play the bass guitar (because they’re awesome and bassists always appear to be having fun) 
8. Get an infinity tattoo on my wedding finger,(this one is not necessary as I am not a big fan of tattoos generally but its the only tattoo I would ever get)
9. Speak french fluently (Spanish at least conversationally),
10. Wedding  on the beach..have a strong marriage that prevails and gives glory to Jesus,
11. Hold hands with mon mari in Paris at le Louvre and sing la vie en rose to him as we put a lock on that lover’s bridge,
12. Be able to hold a proper note for a whole song (this one should come before #10),
13. Have at least 2 children (raising them well)
14. Have a season of me homeschooling them,
15. Own a successful business and enjoy my job,
16. Find distant relatives (especially on my mother’s side)
17. Have a long trip to Brazil 
18. Be an anthropologist (for fun, personally I like to say the word and I like learning about people groups)
19. Fly on virgin galactic and stay in an inflatable hotel in space,(when its safe enough) 
20. Visit South Africa,cote d’ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria……..”this is the Africa Channel where Africa comes Alive”!!
21. Say hello to some elephants,
22. See Jerusalem
23. Ride a camel in Egypt and pretend I saw a mirage in the desert,
24. Eat food in Morocco sitting on cushions,
25. Visit the land down under and while in the pacific go to Philippines and rent a hut in Fiji/ Bora Bora,
26. Help disabled children in some way,
27. Get a master in something else or other useful certificates,
28. Learn to sew
29. Make a clay pot 
30. Program a webpage (just for fun)
31. Learn to work with wood and build a mini playhouse,
32. Help someone with poor self-esteem/codependency/ Be a mentor of some sort.
33. Complete a few triathlons
34. Climb at least one of the tallest mountains in the world
35. Witness  the Aurora Borealis 
36. Bathe in a hot spring in Alaska
37. Give an awesome presentation to a large group of people,
38. Be able to confidently ‘work the room’ (red in the face or not)
39. Be a good steward of money/resources  and make investments that will pay dividends even for my future generations
40. Find out what pleases God and do that all my years since the discovery…

 

{the list goes on and I’m enjoying the journey}