~Daily Devotion 16th~

What Will You Leave as Legacy?

I have been thinking about family today. My mama loved flowers and as you can see these wild petunias are growing and taking over the pot they were planted in. Yes, there is a big pot underneath the flowers. They are coming up everywhere, in the cement cracks around the house, just about everywhere.

And she shared them with everyone who wanted to take some home with them. And if you talk to them they will tell you that this year, they have come back and are taking over everything.

That is the way our parents taught us. They taught us that we should show love, and that our love should be so strong that it takes over everyone we meet. That when a person leaves from being around us that they should feel good about themselves to the point that they turn around and show love to someone else. That our love should multiply, just like those petunias do.

Last year when my mama made her Heavenly Journey Home all of her family were there to celebrate her life. I can say, we were blessed, and mama was blessed to have all her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great grand children to come together for her Home going Celebration. It was the same way when our daddy made His journey home. They had 7 children, 18 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, and 9 great great grand children with 2 more on the way. (Note: I am sure there are some I did not count, because they are coming faster than my brain can count.) LOL

At Mama's Celebration all of them were there except one grandchild whom was very sick, 3 great grandsons that were in Iraq, an 7 great grand children, and 3 great great grandchildren.

And the ones that were there had their spouses and all their children there, and the ones who could not come were very upset and wanted to be there. There was not one of them who had to make an excuse up why they were not there, they all had real life circumstances that cause them to not to be able to attend.

In other words there was NO discord that caused any of them not to show up, and hard feelings that made them not want to attend. Because we were taught to be a family of love. We may not always get along, I promise you this, but let something happen to one of us and we pull and come together like soldiers ready to prepare for war.

Why were they all drawn together? Because our Parents left us all a Legacy. A Legacy of Love. A Legacy of Jesus Christ in their Life.

Today I asked you, when you leave this temporary home, what will you leave behind? What type of Legacy will you be remembered? Will you be remembered by harsh words that you may have said, or how you treated people unfairly?

I pray you will be remember as my Parents' were, people of honestly, love, and goodness.

Only you can answer the questions above. Is there someone you have falsely accused, or cause hurt to them. Is so you need to make it right. You need to make sure you are remember by your heart actions and not your head actions.

I want to be able to say, just as a song I really love says, "I Will Do Something Visible For The Invisible One. For That Is What A Christian Should Do."

Leave A Legacy

Artists: Aaron & Jeoffrey

I want to give a pure intention
Speak with words of grace
And judge through eyes of mercy
I long to choose with holy wisdom
To walk down paths of peace
Taking love to every soul in need

I want to leave a legacy
That a servant who believed
That the world could still be changed by just one life
I want to leave a legacy
That years from now they'll see
That I lived only for the cause of Christ

If I could clearly see tomorrow
The humble prayer would be
That every heart would beat with true faith
If I could somehow shape the future
I would hope and pray
I touched lives by the way I lived today

I want to leave a legacy
Of a servant who believed
That the world could still be changed by just one life
I want to leave a legacy
That years from now they'll see
That I lived only for the cause of Christ

Oh to make a difference
By living day to day
As a reflection of God

I want to leave a legacy
Of a servant who believed
That the world can still be changed by just one life
I want to leave a legacy
That years from now they'll see

That I lived only for the cause of Christ