Originally published at Ignatian Spirituality
I am a list-maker. My phone holds lists that vary from items to get at different stores to gifts or recipes for the holidays to project tasks. These are cross-referenced by color coding, deadlines, or people involved. All this list-making gives me a sense of freedom that at least I won’t forget something important. My lists also give me a momentary sense of control to choose if this item is how I want to spend my resources, whether time, money, or social capital. I get to choose, in freedom, what goes on my to-do list each day and what doesn’t. And therein, I find God on every single list.
When I make a daily to-do list, God is not another item to check off the list. Instead, God is in the very words I write down that hour by hour, moment by moment, video call by video call make up my life. To what shall I give my precious time today? Is this something I am being called to do? What is my motivation? How do I need to show up or be present to this task or the next? Where will I prioritize taking care of myself and finding
