Tumbling Tumbleweed

I'm not necessarily a list person. Before a big trip or before a big event I may make a list to help me organize my thoughts or to slow down my whirling mind so that I can sleep, but I rarely use it as an action plan. On the opposite end of the spectrum, I have a good friend who not only makes lists to complete goals, but will add an unnamed completed task to her list so that she can then cross it off. Any book whose goal is to provide organizational help would point to lists as a basic survival element, but in my case it's just one more thing to lose - and then try to find! I can spend time looking for lost lists or I can start doing the obvious things that have to be done, and if I happen to find the list along the way, then I can attach it to the refrigerator. That's a little harder to lose!! (Except getting lost behind all of the notes on its sides...) I know I'm like an unstable tumbleweed, being bumped and driven by the whim of the breeze; I'll never be an anchored signpost providing clear direction to others and to myself. Being a tumbleweed is a risk, sometimes you find yourself in awkward locations, or you might become gridlocked between other loose, random objects; occasionally you find yourself blown into conditions of grace and beauty. I don't think I've ever paid attention to the words of "Tumbling Tumbleweed" made famous by the Sons of the Pioneers, but there's pause for reflection in them there parts.

Cares of the past are behind
Nowhere to go but I'll find
Just where the trail will wind
Drifting along with a tumbling tumbleweed

(bridge) I know when night is gone
That a new world's born at dawn

I'll keep rolling along
Deep in my heart is a song
Here on the range I belong
Drifting along with a tumbling tumbleweed

My prayer for the congregation?

Dear God, Thank you for giving the gifts of leadership, direction, and vision to members of our congregation. It is impossible to prepare for change, to arrange for missions, or to coordinate our worship and the activities of the church without their ability to plan, organize and complete goals. Our vitality is contingent on those with an eye for detail when reviewing our budget, our expenditures, our covenants with staff, and our assurances of safety, especially with our youth. It is easier to ask others to help and follow when there are determined goals and a clear plan on how to approach and complete those objectives. We seek Your direct guidance in our planning and our actions. Let us also be attentive to obstacles that refuse to yield, the unplanned God-incidence, or the direction of a breeze. Amen