Wish List

When was the last time you wrote a "wish list"? as a child for Christmas? as a single for your perfect partner... for your job or house hunting?

We make our grocery (Costco) lists to include things like band-aids, batteries, vitamins...office supply lists to include things like sharpies, file folder hangers…

I thought about the irony of these lists we create when I read over the "wish and needs list" for PDK - the organization I'll be volunteering with. They wish for things we put on our weekly grocery list. Things we pick up as we're standing in the check-out line and grab while the rest of the items we had on our list get scanned. Things our kids grab as a treat for getting stickers from a good week at school or as a way to spend their "allowance".

Then I thought about the way God provides for us - often in subtle ways. When I first read over the list, I wondered how I would fill this list - in the same way I wondered what I should fill my extra suitcase with. Of course, it took very little effort on my part. People in my small group brought items on the list; people I serve with at church brought items on the list; people on staff at my church who work with kids brought items on my list. God orchestrated the collecting of items on this list in the same way he's orchestrated everything else in preparation for my trip - as if he's sitting in his office chair - checking off the items on his list...