Proverbs 23:4, “Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint. Â Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.” Â (NIV)
I am writing this after doing my devotion on a Sunday morning. Â I’m getting ready to head over to my favorite bike path where part of my run involves running through a cemetery.
A cemetery is an interesting place. Â It makes my mind wander. Â It makes me imagine what some of these people were like when they were alive. Â There are small tombstones and large monuments. Â I often think to myself that those with the large monuments for some reason need the world to know they were pretty important and human nature causes me to assume maybe they were rich.
The rich are talked about quite often in the Bible. Â In fact Jesus tells us the rich will have the most struggles when it comes to getting into heaven.
I’ve often told my wife I want a small stone for our grave and under my name it will read, “Here lies one messed up dude that was saved by the Good Lord and a Saint.” Â And under my wife’s name it will simply say “Saint.”
My point here is about what we leave behind when we die. Â Will it be “things?” Â Will it be a huge monument everyone can see and wonder about for hundreds of years? Â Will it be a blazing path of destructing other people’s lives in order to gain “something?”
We often hear this statement about death and possessions; “you can’t take it with you.”
My point of this blog…have you ever thought about what you will leave behind?
What type of legacy are you creating? Â Is it something your family will carry on after your gone? Â Is it something your family will have to suffer with or try to fix after you are gone?
What will your wake look like? Â Will it be a beautiful garden of roses where the manure of life (yes life will always have manure in it) was turned and used for good purpose or will it simply be a pile of manure where most everything you did had nothing to do with helping the world and/or others grow?
Fellow blog-mates…you cannot take “it” with you but you will leave “it” behind. Â Build your life based on this premise and your life and wake will be worth living and leaving behind.
P.E.A.C.E.
jay@eaglelaunch.com
