With the passing of Jimmy Buffet and Sarah Young in their mid-70s and the realization that I'm only slightly more than a decade behind them, plus having read The Daily Article by Jim Denison quoting Chuck Palahniuk who said, “We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will,”--all this added to our lesson in Sunday School and Dale's sermon yesterday has me wondering what mark I will leave on this world when the time of my passing into eternity comes.
Jimmy Buffet with his "Carribean soul" certainly impacted Parrot Heads everywhere, and Sarah Young with her "Jesus Calling" devotional touched the lives of many. Two very different individuals through different media with different messages left their mark on the world. Will I? I don't mean I want to famous, more like humble. I'm not thinking doing something showy, but having a servant's heart. I just want my life to reflect the grace and mercy extended to me by extending the same to others. And I'd like to know that if I did influence someone else, it was for Christ. Jesus rescued me from the pit of my own digging, and I am forever grateful. If I do anything, it is because He did that for me. I love Him because He first loved me. I love others because He loves them more. I want no one to wonder when I'm gone, "Did she really love the Lord?"
