Good morning, reader! I am going on a bit of a rant today. I want to talk about something that has been on my mind and in my heart lately. I've been thinking about the saying "live out your eulogy" recently, probably because I've also been thinking about my dear uncle's funeral and how my family will pay for it (by the way, thank you to everyone who has helped us out). I believe I read first read this saying on someone's Facebook post or blog post and it really stuck with me. That saying, to me, means that you have to be intentional on a daily basis. Do you want to be remembered as the person who was kind a few times or who was always kind? It's kind of like either living your life by chance/accident or living your life with intentionality. To go back to my living as a kind person example, were you only kind 2 or 3 times and they were very isolated events? Or were you actively searching for opportunities to be kind? And to be clear, this isn't meant to sound vain, but rather genuine. What I am talking about is, are you, daily, trying to be the person you want to be? Or are you letting other factors in life (circumstances, other people, work, family, etc) decide that for you?
We have a lot of decisions to make on a daily basis. Starting from when we wake up. Or you could say from the time we went to bed the night before; did we go to bed early enough, did we tell our people we loved them, did we make sure to cut the stove off. All of those decisions have consequences.
My weekly Bible study group is on summer break right now, so I've been reading on my own. I am currently reading the book of John in a new study Bible. Today, in John 6:55-57, I read that symbolically, Jesus' flesh is meat and his blood is drink. This implies that it's something you eat and drink. You need to eat and drink to survive. Of course, this is meant spiritually. To spiritually survive, we have to eat and drink daily. That is how we are able to have Him dwell in us. As a born-again Christian, I believe that if we let other things replace our intentional, daily aim to have Jesus dwell in us, it will lead to misguidance.
I say all of this to say, I want to live with daily intentionality. Maybe that's not textbook grammar, but it's the truth of what I feel. I know I want people to see Jesus in me. I know that one day, when I die, I want my beautiful family to be able to say, "Mom was a kind, spiritual woman, who always wore her makeup just right, her hair color changed every couple of years, and she loved shoes", or something like that. Living intentionally now may even spark a cascade of positive, identifying events for someone else. We're always being watched by other people. We don't realize the impact we may have on someone else. We don't realize who's watching, listening, or being quietly changed by our example. But if living with intention can spark even one person's journey toward hope or purpose, then it's worth every effort.
Thanks for stopping by today! I had a lot of fun writing this post. I will see you tomorrow for wedding anniversary/Thankful Thursday post!
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