More Thoughts on Staying Close to God and Leaving a Legacy
When I correspond with people, I probably write very much as I do for my blog. Whatever’s on my mind will more than likely come out and I love to hear what God is teaching other people. I think that’s part of how we grow. We can learn so much from each other and I am not too arrogant to think I know everything. I hope I never stop learning and growing because to do that seems to be dying while one yet lives.
I was recently corresponding with Rick Busby (the former tenor singer for the Florida Boys and Heaven Bound) about my desire to leave a mark on the world after I die and he summarized what I’ve been trying to communicate but I’m not sure I’ve said it as well. He said: “When we love Christ, I mean truly love Him as we should, we will leave a lasting impression upon all who meet, hear or see us.” THAT is exactly what we should be striving for. If we are as close to Christ as we need to be and if we are seeking His Kingdom first, we can’t help but touch everyone around us. It really should be no longer I who lives but Christ who lives in me. How this world needs desperately to see that lived out in our lives!
It’s frustrating to me how many excuses people can come up with for not living for Christ. No one is perfect but we can do a lot better than we do. The Bible is full of instructions in righteousness and there is no excuse for disobeying the Word of God.
Staying close to Jesus and leaving a legacy: these are the things God’s been speaking to me lately. Life is too short to live for one’s own pleasure. My desire is to run after God with all my heart–no turning back!
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