Double Double

It was Palm Sunday and I was 4 years old, praying along with a puppet in Sunday School. I knew it was my dad behind the curtain, but I didn't know all that a life with God as my Father would bring. I still only know such a small portion.

So Palm Sunday this year was a birthday in two senses for me, one immeasurably more important than the other.

I heard a man on a radio show one day while I was driving to work talking about goals he had written down for his life. I can only remember 3, but there might have been 5. As the things he would focus on, he had chosen to: be a lifelong learner, be a faithful husband to his wife, and grow his business by a certain amount. It was an encouraging discussion that I cannot do justice. But I liked that he had goals about relationships, himself, and his talents.

I'd like to make a similar list someday. But not hastily, because if I make the list, I want to really stand by it, weigh decisions against it. Which means, I don't want it to be a list at all. But I do like the idea, in some form. So, starting now (and a few weeks before) I am going to be thinking and praying about it. And maybe I'll make a family crest someday, too, because I heard a speaker yesterday who talked about that, and I liked it.