Wednesday, August 22, 2012

What will others say about you when you are gone?

Legacy what mark will you leave on this earth.  What will others say about you when you are gone?
I have been thinking about this for years because at very young age I have been familiar with death.  But, it was the news I got in early April that sacred me into the awareness that life is short.  The test came back clean and they were able to remove all pre-cancer cells for now...As the doctor told me how unusual this was that I had such symptoms and all I could do was cry. I cried tears of joy.  Shoot I am only 36 years old!  Then add losing my grandmother; she was my home.  I think of couples trying to grapple with there young child who has cancer, or the parent who is mourning the reality that they will never see there child grow up.  So, at the moment I am annoyed at Cancer and the lives it takes and the families it affects but it has me thinking.  What kind of life am I living?  Am I enjoying life?  Or I am making myself so busy I have no friends, family or fun?  Do I need to wait for death to come knocking to tell those around me I love them?  I feel like I too am living on borrowed time and for me my time is in the Creators Care and I pray he teach me to live life to the fullest!  That I be different in my actions of Love and be a person of Love; leaving that mark everywhere I go....

 Nichole Nordeman 

LegacyI don't mind if you've got something nice to say about me And I enjoy an accolade like the rest You could take my picture and hang it in a gallery Of all who's who and so-n-so's that used to be the best At such'n'such ... it wouldn't matter muchI won't lie, it feels alright to see your name in lights We all need an 'Atta boy' or 'Atta girl' But in the end I'd like to hang my hat on more besides The temporary trappings of this worldI 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 whoblessed your name unapologetically And leave that kind of legacyI don't have to look too far or too long awhile To make a lengthly list of all that I enjoy It's an accumulating trinket and a treasure pile Where moth and rust, thieves and such will soon enough destroyNot well traveled, not well read, not well-to-do or well bred Just want to hear instead, "Well Done" good and faithful one...