Attending funerals is hard. Attending the funeral of someone close to your age is even harder. I went to Bradley's funeral yesterday and it just doesn't seem right burying someone only a few years older than you. He and I were not very close but we had many mutual friends. I've never gone to a funeral expecting to be inspired but I actually thought that both preachers did a wonderful job of doing just that and showing the importance of making the decision to follow Jesus Christ as your lord and savior.
One of the preachers used the comparison of deciding to follow Christ as being your opportunity to make the game winning shot in a basketball game. While that's a great analogy, the flip side of that is that while in basketball you have a chance to call timeout with seconds to go to draw up a play to get your best scorer the ball; we don't have that luxury in life. There are no timeouts, there are no overtimes, we have to make the most of what we have now. We are not guaranteed tomorrow so it is important to accept Jesus and his gift of salvation as soon as you feel that desire and calling.
No matter how hard we try, or how "good" we think we are, we will face trying times and storms in our lives. But if we have placed our faith in him, then he will be our rock, our foundation to rely on when we feel that we have nowhere else to turn or no other options. "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against the house, and it fell with a great crash." - Matthew 7:24-27
We are living in a broken, confused, and messed up world. Our generation has gone right along with those before us and allowed things to continue in a morally downward spiral. We have to take a stand and become different. Today is February 1st, it's the beginning of a new month and can be the beginning of a new life and world. Every huge movement in the history of the world began with one person. Let the person who starts a moral revolution in Union, in South Carolina, in the United States, be you. Our lives are but the blink of an eye, but our impact on the world can last for years! I hope and pray that I can live my life in a way that at my funeral the preacher won't have to say anything, I want my life to be the message. I want to live my life in God's will so that its impact will be passed on to my wife, child(ren), and the rest of my family. Someone told me at the funeral that I've figured out a lot about life that many people my age haven't. News flash, I was blessed enough to have been raised in church and having been taught what how important it is to accept Christ. Once you figure that part out, the rest seems to fall into place.
#LeaveALegacy #BeALegacy #HeIsMyRock
One of the preachers used the comparison of deciding to follow Christ as being your opportunity to make the game winning shot in a basketball game. While that's a great analogy, the flip side of that is that while in basketball you have a chance to call timeout with seconds to go to draw up a play to get your best scorer the ball; we don't have that luxury in life. There are no timeouts, there are no overtimes, we have to make the most of what we have now. We are not guaranteed tomorrow so it is important to accept Jesus and his gift of salvation as soon as you feel that desire and calling.
No matter how hard we try, or how "good" we think we are, we will face trying times and storms in our lives. But if we have placed our faith in him, then he will be our rock, our foundation to rely on when we feel that we have nowhere else to turn or no other options. "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against the house, and it fell with a great crash." - Matthew 7:24-27
We are living in a broken, confused, and messed up world. Our generation has gone right along with those before us and allowed things to continue in a morally downward spiral. We have to take a stand and become different. Today is February 1st, it's the beginning of a new month and can be the beginning of a new life and world. Every huge movement in the history of the world began with one person. Let the person who starts a moral revolution in Union, in South Carolina, in the United States, be you. Our lives are but the blink of an eye, but our impact on the world can last for years! I hope and pray that I can live my life in a way that at my funeral the preacher won't have to say anything, I want my life to be the message. I want to live my life in God's will so that its impact will be passed on to my wife, child(ren), and the rest of my family. Someone told me at the funeral that I've figured out a lot about life that many people my age haven't. News flash, I was blessed enough to have been raised in church and having been taught what how important it is to accept Christ. Once you figure that part out, the rest seems to fall into place.
#LeaveALegacy #BeALegacy #HeIsMyRock
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