What would people think of you?
Our pastor's wife passed on last week. She was a really special person. Things that people said about her afterwards just got me thinking about this.
If I died tomorrow, what would people remember me for? Would they remember good or bad things? What kind of legacy would I leave? I know I'm young but I can still have made an impact for good while I'm here.
What's more important would be this: What am I doing to leave a good legacy behind if I die later?
A major thing that was said at her funeral was that she was faithful even though she didn't do something out in front of people. She was faithful to what God wanted her to do no matter what it was.
I realize that I do a lot around our church. But it's not what a person does. It's the attitude they do it with. So I need to think about the attitude I work with.
Someone said, "The life you live is the life you teach." I can say that she was a wonderful, amazing teacher. She took time to make sure you were alright when you knew she was barely able to get to church. She carried oxygen and went through so much. But she would still come. We knew that if she missed church, she had to be doing really bad.
Which would lead me to the next thing. She put God first, no matter what. She put Him above her comfort. I'm sure it would have been more comfortable to stay home. Especially when she was so sick. But she came anyway.
She loved her family and friends so much. Even when she was really sick she wanted to be around her family and give things to her grandchildren. She wanted to cook for everyone.
She was definitely a virtuous woman. Everything in Proverbs 31 matches her completely.
I just hope I can live a life like that. I know that being close to the Lord and living the kind of life that she lived doesn't come without trouble. But I know that when I die, I want to have done some good for God and not just been another average Christian.
~ Emi ♥
