What would I do if I knew I had only a short time left to live? What would be on my “bucket list?” I would want to do some traveling. I would want to spend as much time with my family as possible. As I write those things, I am struck by the fact that my first thoughts are about me and making me feel good. Is that the kind of watchfulness that the gospel writer Mark is inviting us to? I wonder.
The young boy dying of leukemia in Seattle whose dying wish to help the hungry led to a very successful drive for food donations inspired me. Surround by his family he appealed to the entire region to remember those who are hungry. He didn’t get hung up on the politics of homelessness or the legality of the tent city. He just saw people in need. That is a vision of faithfulness that would bring an “amen” from an Old Testament prophet.
Perhaps as we begin our journey to Bethlehem we would do well think about our “bucket list.” We do not know the day or the hour. Each day should be lived as though it is our last.
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