One of the hottest selling categories of Apps for smartphones, tablets, and desktop computers are those which organize your “To Do” lists.
With so many critical tasks which we must get done for work, home, family, and self, an App which organizes, manages, and reminds us of all we have to do is essential for our personal success.
I have tried numerous Get It Done task prioritization management systems from paper and pencil, to carrying a little black book, to software which syncs between all of my digital devices. Despite meticulously entering every detail for each task and prioritizing them in a unique coded format, I achieve the same result:
Half of the tasks which I am certain I must do asap, never get done.
After a few weeks or months of changing the due date on undone tasks, I will eventually delete the task all together. Once deleted, the stress and guilt of undone tasks slips away.
All of this leaves me wondering, “How many of the tasks on my ‘To Do’ lists are essential to my life?”
I am afraid that the honest answer is very few!
Sarah Young advises:
Since God is everywhere at every time, ceaselessly working on your behalf … your best efforts are trusting Him and living close to Him. (1)
Invest in Him who gives you life and keeps your life.
The best way to keep life from crushing you is to live looking to God
The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in
from this time forth and forevermore. (2)
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Young, Sarah (2004-10-12). Jesus Calling: Seeking Peace in His Presence (p. 70). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition.
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The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Psalm 121:7–8.
Bread Crumbs - Devotions for Life 
Dr. Howard Thank you for today’s message. Life’s tasks can get overwhelming. This Bread crumb gives true perspective. Keep up the wonderful messages! I look forward to it everyday. God Bless You!
Jon, thank you. My desire is to write daily. This disciplines me to stay in The Word and to to be led bu the Holy Spirit. May God’s peace bless you today.
Would you like a new app which reminds you when to look at your to-do app list? And another which tells you which app to ignore? And still a third which lets you know what new apps are available this morning?
The only to-do list you really need is the grocery list, and it usually comes on paper..
I think the best “To Do” list is one which includes fewer than 5 things. Anything longer is superfluous. The other App which would be great is a digital grocery list, which would either automatically arrange your list per the layout of the store or, better yet, beep when you are near an item you need.