Lists

My daughter bought an Easter gift for each member of our family.

Now before you get all excited, these are the kind of gifts that makes you smile. When I opened mine, I laughed.

It was an Office note pad. The popular television show starring Steve Carrel tells the story of Dunder-Mifflin, a firm in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. It is an inside view of what goes on in an office among a menagerie of co-workers.

Back to the gift.

It is a note pad. What makes it interesting is that it contains four categories with room for additional notes under each category.

Tasks...I know what that means.

Time Wasters...I am trying to avoid those.

Excuses...it is easy to spend more time developing these than it is actually working.

Complaints...this speaks for itself.

That they would develop a list like this and make it available for sale, speaks volumes about the work ethic in our culture. Well, you say, "hey it's a joke...don't take it so serious."

"Don't kid yourself." Today's work ethic seems to be suffering.

Something needs to be done. Then it hit me...a verse that I read a long time ago.

"Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way." Colossians 3:17 (The Message)

I am going to put that verse on the list that my daughter gave me on Easter.

I gotta get to work...and I am looking forward to it.

What do you think?