i want to leave a legacy.
How will they remember me?
Did i choose to love? Did i point to you enough
to make a mark on things?
I want to leave an offering.
A child of mercy and grace
who blessed your name unapologetically
and leave that kind of legacy.
-Nichole Nordeman 'Legacy'
Today I read a blog that really moved me. I started following Not Your Everyday Cinderella a few months back. Her blog is inspiring, encouraging, and stir up my spirit. Today her words really got me thinking. She spoke on leaving a legacy for the next generation and questioned what people will think of us as they read about us in history books. What are we leaving behind? (I wont tell you all that she thought.. and you should really check her out!)
I used to listen to Nicole Nordeman's CD a lot when i was in High School (yup... i was that weird girl listening to music that no one else heard of. lol). Her lyrics in the song 'Legacy' are such a cry of my heart! I want people to see a difference in me when i say that i am a believer. I want my actions to match my words, my words to match my thoughts, and my thoughts to come from whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, whatever is excellent, or praiseworthy. (Phillipians 4:8)
I do not want people to discover i am a Christian because i say "why.. yes.. i do go to church Sunday mornings and read my Bible from time to time." I want them to KNOW i am a Christian by the way i live my life... by the way that i love. I know that i am imperfect. I stumble. I fall. I lack. Just today i spoke to my husband in a not-so-kind way. But in Christ.... in Christ i am made new. In Christ i lack NOTHING. In Christ i can find hope in a hopeless situation. I can find joy in a sorrowful time. I can find peace through a storm. I can find love through every kind of heartbreak.
I want to live in a way that other people can find that hope, that joy, that love, and that peace. THAT is the legacy that i want to leave for the future generation. I dont want praise, or status, or recognition... i want our God to tell me "Well done, good and faithful one."
What about you? Have you thought about it? What are you leaving behind?
leaving a legacy of love. - Monica
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4 comments:
I love this Monica! I definitely listened to Nicole Nordeman too, so you weren't completely alone. :) I feel like you got inside my brain and composed some of the thoughts that were in my head that were stuck up there that I couldn't get out, if you know what I mean. Keep living for that legacy! :)
i totally know what you mean!!! hehe. thank you for reading!!! :)
Glad to hear i wasn't alone with my music choices hehe! Keep doing what you are doing because you are an inspiration! :)
You are such a blessing. :)
Thank you sooo much, andi! that just warms my heart!
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