The List and What Became of It

Many times life throws you a curve - big time. I decided this was the week I would start to "deep" clean our house. I hadn't done much since having surgery in March and then May through August 13, went on vacation and then worked on "Give Away Day" for our church.
So - Sunday afternoon I made a list of things to do, starting Sunday afternoon through Saturday, things to do each day and by Saturday afternoon my whole house would be clean. The first mistake was that I was assuming since "Give Away Day" was over my time would be my own to do what I pleased. So many things have happened this week (and I couldn't begin to name them all) that I might as well throw my list away and just accept a messy house.
But God has put people in my life this week who need help much more than I need a clean house. I'm so thankful that I was here to mostly listen, and then put them in contact with people who could hopefully help them. I am finding out more each day how blessed I truly am to have grown up in a Christian home with the same mom and dad all my life. We had very little of the physical "things" most of my life at home, but we had food, shelter, and lots of love and amazing examples of service and  sacrifice. Most of that didn't rub off on me other than the incredible, unbelievable love for family. Just in the past 4 years have I started to really notice the tremendous needs of so many people. No one knows what God has in store for them, but I have decided that for whatever days or years I have left, I will do my best to open my eyes and heart to the needs of others and try to develop a servants attitude. I've been a "Martha" all my life, but I have just had a name change to "Mary". 
So, if you should visit my house, all I ask is that you not write your name in the dust!