Lists

I'm a list person. I make lists for grocery shopping, packing for trips, recording books I've read and want to read, and even keeping track of birthdays. I have lists titled "Places I Want to Visit", "Children's Names I Like", and "Names of Sara and Jeshua's Future Children," on which I keep track of obscure and ridiculous sounding Bible names to share with them.

I find these discarded lists all over my house, at the bottom of my purse, in coat pockets, on random pages in notebooks. Today I found a document on my computer with a fabulous list. I present to you the document saved as "husband qualifications."

Who is the Mr. Britney Smith?

			Mandatory qualifications He must…	Almost mandatory He should…	It would be nice if He could…
			Be a committed Christian seeking to honor God with his life	Have some sort of post high school education	Get along really well with my brother
			Be open to full time missions/ministry	Be on good terms with his immediate family	Not love sports more than he loves me
			Love kids and teenagers	Not be shy	Fix things around the house
			Have the heart of a servant	Be self-controlled with money	Play an instrument
			Be willing to take a stand for what he believes—even to me	Volunteer to do household cleaning or help me with it	Have parents who really like me
			Be easy to talk to (at least for me)	Be laid back	Sing well
			Make me laugh regularly	Be a mostly organized person	Speak more than one language
			Have spiritual gifts that are complimentary to mine	Have lived on his own for at least a year
			Pray with me frequently
			Be liked by my friends
			Not be uptight
			Not drink alcohol or smoke
			Be intelligent
			Not be clingy/dependent on me
			Meet Titus 1:6-9 qualifications
			Be decisive
			Treat all people with dignity