I Want to Leave a Legacy
Sorry that I have been AWOL for a bit. Work and life have kind of gotten in the way of me being able to blog. Anyway, I want to fill you in on some of the happenings of the past couple of weeks. God has really been pressing on my heart to examine my life. He is encouraging me to ask myself the question I hope you too will consider; what kind of a legacy am I going to leave behind?
There is a sad but joyous reason for me thinking of this. A friend of mine just recently went on to meet her Maker. Lauren Jones was only 22 years old when she was killed in an automobile collision. She did not die in an accident, because God was right there with her! God saw it fit to take Lauren home, much to our objection. God, in His infinite wisdom, sees the beauty in this tragedy and tells us that "precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints" (Psalm 166:15).
Lauren lived a life worth writing about. In the midst of the sorrow of grieving her death, there was great rejoicing among her friends and family due to the life that she lived. Her life was filled with purpose. She longed to know here Lord and to make Him known to others. She invested her time into the lives of younger girls and modeled to them how to live out their faith in a unbelieving world.
So, when my time comes, what will be said of me? That I was really bad at keeping up with my blog? That I needed a haircut really bad? Or that I lived a life that impacted eternity?
In the words of Nicole Nordeman (singer/songwriter)- "I want to leave a legacy. How will they remember me? Did I choose to love? Did I point to You enough to leave a mark on things? I want to be an offering, child of mercy and grace who blessed Your name unapologetically. And leave that kind of legacy."
I pray my life and your life will reflect that!
posted by Katie&Roddy @ 12:03 PM
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If I died, then not alot of people would even care. They would PRETEND they do, but they really wouldnt. The next day after the funeral, people who were there would ask "hey, why isnt patrick here? is he late?"
And no matter how many times people tell you to take it seriously when a person says they are going to attempt suicide, they think "oh, hes/shes just trying to get attention."
There was one guy who had always gotten in trouble, didn't do all-so-great in school, and just because his school was full of high-matenece spoiled kids, no one liked him. so he always thought about attempting suicide. And of course, the spoiled kids he was stuck with said things like "shut up." or "no your not." and one day when he was suspended from school, he almost grabbed a steak knife from his kitchen and was going to stab himself in the head (i guess stabbing yourself in the chest aint really that creative, and neither is shooting yourself...that was his second thought). But of course, well, its not like you can just say "well, screw this" and then stab yourself. if you could, then your probably the world's next terrorist.
Then about a week later, a girl in his class tried to help him with all of his problems. Three days later, she asked "do you want to go to my church on sunday?" and the guy said "why not, I dont got anything else to do."
When he went to her church, he met a few of her friends and thought "WOO! NO MORE SPOILED KIDS!" at the church service, they were talking about how temptation comes from Satan. Then the Pastor asked anyone who had fallen into temptation to stand up in front of the room. The guy and about seven other random people stood up, and they prayed for them. When the guy sat back down, the girl asked "do you believe Jesus died for our sins?" and he said "yea" somewhat out of fear and hope (if thats possible). so he started crying out of sorrow and joy. Sorrow for his sins and joy of people caring for him.
The next day when he came to school, people seemed to appreciate him a little better. BULL. A few days later...well, what do you think? They are spoiled preppy kids so thats how theyre gonna stay. At least he isnt dead though, because "that guy
' was me.
Patrick, wow man. Thank for sharing that with us. It has been such an awesome joy to have you be part of our group. I know I am blessed to know you and look foward to getting to know you better!
Patrick, that takes courage to tell people about your hard times. I am glad that I have gotten to know you and I hope that I get to know you better.
Always remember "The joy of the Lord is our strength."
Matt
Roddy, you have most definately made a good impact on those around you and those who you share the Word of God with. I am so thankful to know you and to come to have a better understanding of the Word through your lessons. I've lately been doing all I can to test everything to make sure it is Truth and to make sure that it is right in God's eyes. I'm doing my best to learn about God's great Love and Mercy so that I can be able to be prepared to have a reason to give for my Faith if asked about it. Anyway, just wanted to let you know that without the way that God has worked through you I might still be lost and ignorant to God's amazing Grace and Christ's great Sacrifice and Love. Philipians 2:13 says, "For it is He who works through us according to His good will and purpose." Thank you for all that you do.
Nick
The best part of doing what I do is getting to meet students like you guys and having the joy of watching God mature you in your understanding of Him. Please know that you guys encourage me more than I will probably ever encourage you. You guys are leaving a legacy in this church. You are setting a standard for current and future students who will walk the halls of your school and this church. And you guys are doing a great job!
this just came to me. This must be one of the only places on the internet where people dont insult others or use offensive language or steriotype others. But I guess the only way you can keep people from making insults or using offensive language is by going to a webpage completely Devoted to Religion, because if you didn't, then you would expect someone to post something like "thats gay ur a fag," which insults male homosexuality when hypothetically someone reading this blog could be a male homosexual. I would say more but for some reason I forgot what else i was going to say. But of course, when i publish this comment, im going to remeber. That also seems to happen constantly. The reason this came to me was because I saw no one making offensive comments and it seemed very strange.
I knew it, I knew I would remeber after I published that comment. I just wanted to add that even though its strange with no offensive language or steriotypes, it doesnt mean that I want anyone using offensive language or steriotypes. Just keep up with the helpful comments and advice.
This is kind of off-subject, but I find that its a good idea to never play games online. Just about every person online in a chatboard only wants to insult people. Its almost as if God sent those people to this world (or just the internet, since they usually dont really have any real life) to be a nuisance to the world. What I dislike most is when they say things like "shut up, your fat" over the internet when they pretty much have no idea what you look like. The reason why I brought this up was because I was just in a chatboard and people were calling me "fat" and "gay" randomly.
And what I think is the worst thing is the sexual harrasment. When people meet a person over the internet and find out that the person is female, thet will ask "are you hot?" (arent they smart...of course whether she is attractive or not, shes gonna say "yes" either way) And one time a guy accused a girl of being fat and asked for her weight (real smart). people will even ask for a women's Breast size over the internet (seriously, i know these people are lifeless, but seriously, dont they EVER think about anything they are going to say?).
I even know if there is an online game or chatboard where people DONT do things like that. Even in the games and chatboards that are acctually dedicated to being friendly and banning the use of offensive behavior, people still find ways of being lifeless, sensless nuisances to the world.
I have often found that people take on a different "personna" when they get behind the keyboard. Those who are typically nice and courteous can become rude and arrogant when behind the screen. This is really evident when it comes to the content you see on people's myspace(and other such) accounts. I wonder what would happen if we highlighted some of those at youth group one night...
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