Legacy
Thursday, March 09, 2006
I was thinking about how Jesus said His words shall not pass away. Isn't that interesting? I was thinking although I could die and everything I own could be gone, but I will still linger in the memory of those who loved me, and perhaps those who knew me. Our words, our lives, our legacy will live on forever.
I know I can't compare my words to the Creator, but still it made me think of how I am living my life and how I will be remembered. Christ is remembered for the Truth He spoke. They hated Him because He spoke the truth, He lived the truth, He was the Truth.
I want people to remember me and how much I loved the Lord. I want to be a reflection of Him. I want to be the person He meant for me to be, to live the life He intended. I want to die and let Him live through me, to want His will, His way in my life, to be a woman after God's own heart.
I was reading something the other day and this guy wrote this prayer and asked God to forgive Him for not loving Him and serving Him as He should. Sometimes I think I am doing all I can, but then as I read that, I too said, Forgive me Lord.
I hope I do make a difference in this world. I want every moment of every day to count. What kind of legacy are you leaving?
posted by Live, Love, Laugh | 11:06 PM
15 Comments:
What a thought provoking post. I want to be all those things too. I too must say, Forgive me Lord. It is my prayer that God use whatever I write in my blog, good, bad, or ugly to affect people for His glory.
I was at work yesterday thinking if I were to get in an accident and die would the things I wrote have any impact? Is God using them? Am I doing it all in my own strength and for some vain glory of my own?
It goes beyond my blog though. It's living everything out.
"I hope I do make a difference in this world. I want every moment of every day to count".
I couldn't agree more.
Dana, what a thought-provoking post! I love it!
I have been thinking about this very thing for over a year now. Especially since my oldest, who is 9, keeps asking questions that I feel only God can provide the answers to. I pray for wisdom to give her the best possible answers.
Ohhh...I can so identify with everything you posted here. I want to leave the legacy of promoting Christ's cause by mobilizing a generation into mission, and to live my life to glorify my Lord.
I desire that too. But then I think of all the things I say and do that are not Christ like. It is really hard. I am dealing with two situations now that are very hard. My first instinct is just to blast the the people. But I know that is not what Jesus wants. So I have to pray. I believe that sometimes Jesus is concerned more about our character than any big thing we do in our life. Most of us, don't end up doing big things-just tons of small things. It's those smal things that count.
That was a great post!
Now I have to do some thinking!
How is your Mummy?
May our Lord strengthen her :)
Hi Dana! I just wanted to pop over and say thank you for visiting my blog and leaving me a comment. I see you're in Texas too. :) Where do you live? I'm in the DFW area.
Now I'm gonna peruse your site for a bit. :)
An excellent, thought-provoking post. I usually hate soul-searching because I never like what I find, even though I need to.
I used to feel that way, too, but then I got very physically sick and exhausted. So now, I just listen to Ecclesiastes 12:9-14. Well, except for the part of the writing many books part - I still can't stop writing. Hee.
Hummm...I think we all go up and down that ladder of learning and faithfullness. I hope that I make it to the top before I die. My kids know that I love the Lord and I try my best to do his work. There are times when I slip but I get back up and start up the ladder again.
I heard a poem once called "Between the Dot" and it was talking about the dates on your tombstone. They are usually listed with the year of your birth, a ... or - and then the year of your death. The point of the poem was, What did you do between the dots. Did you do something with your life or did your waste it away? I wish I had kept a copy, but I didn't. It made a real impact on me. I want to do something with my life and be remembered as someone who loved the Lord and shared his news.
Your posts always inspire me to continue down the path of discoverying who I am in Christ.
You've definately made an impact on me & those boys you minister to as well. I think your legacy will continue through the ages.
You have a nice blog, and this post is a good challenge to all of us.
I heard on the radio a pastor say that fruitfulness and busyness are different and don't think you are bearing pleasing fruit to God just because you are busy. I thought about that awhile, and have also been thinking that I want to live to please God singularly, as much as possible (which unfortunately is not enough). One can glorify God by how she lives even if alone on the planet of Saturn. The pretty image I saw of Saturn on the front page of the newspaper this morning was made by God and God has taken pleasure in that even though no one saw it until now. Yet, God is relational and I bet when He made that He was thinking, "I can't wait until they get a load of this!"
Thanks. I needed a reminder like this.
That is a good thought. I agree with what you said, and I do hope that when everything is all said and done that I did make a difference!
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