This faith-filled bucket list could transform your life!

As National Bucket List Day inspires people to dream bigger and live with intention, it’s the perfect moment to ask a deeper question: are you experiencing the abundant, joy-filled life Jesus spoke about in John 10:10?

Do you have a ‘bucket list’? If not, today’s a good day to think about creating one. Are there things you want to accomplish, people you want to meet, adventures you want to experience or places you want to go in your lifetime? Add them to the list.

In John 10:10, Jesus tells us He has come so we can ‘have life, and have it to the full.’  Abundant, exuberant, joyful life is part of His design for us; a taste of eternity within the confines of a finite number of our years here. But what does that look like?

Of course, it’s subjective. We’re uniquely designed and created; our mental wiring is different; nature and nurture have moulded us into individuals with a spectrum of personalities, preferences and propensities. At the same time, Jesus followers are called to a life of sacrificial love, preferring others above ourselves, walking in His footsteps, listening, speaking and loving as He did.  Are the two incompatible? I don’t think so.