Acts 20:17-27 / John 17:1-11
When something is under "draft", it means that it is not finalised and approved yet, and that it is still "work in progess".
In the process of having something finalised and approved, there will be a lot of drafts.
So there will be draft drawings, draft models, draft documents. It will be quite a collection of sketches and scribbling, corrections and modifications.
But the finalised and approved result or product will be neat and orderly and presentable.
And all those "draft" material will be either left aside or thrown away. In a way they are of no use anymore and there is no point keeping them.
In the 1st reading, St. Paul made this statement: But life to me is not a thing to waste words on, provided that when I finish my race, I have carried out the mission the Lord Jesus gave me - and that was to bear witness to the Good News of God's grace.
It is a statement worth remembering always because for all that we did and for what we have achieved, have we like St. Paul, did what the Lord Jesus wants us to do.
And when we come to the end of our race on earth, are we still with our "drafts" or are we the witnesses who have carried out the mission of proclaiming the Good News of God's grace.
Let us not waste our life and our words on "drafts". Let us be the final wonderful product and be a witness of God's grace in our lives.