Lord,
here we are again at the end of another week,
and there are still so many things on my list…
so much is left unfinished.

Today we will bury a woman I wish I had known
while she was alive – she accomplished so much!
She served you as a nurse, a wife, a mother, a dairy farmer,
a business owner, a seminary student, a pastor,
and finally a massage therapist. Eschet chayil!

As I think of her, I ponder my ever-growing list of things to do,
and I realize that your list of things to do in me is growing, too.
You aren’t finished with me, either.

So, today, I only ask this: do your good work in me.
Let me rest in the assurance that Unfinished isn’t so much
a frustrating ‘work in progress’
as a promise being fulfilled.
Let me rest in you. Amen.