20
April 2001
Subject:
Legacy of Love
Dear
Ones,
On this Saturday as we take another marble out of the jar, let us pause for a minute to think about what kind of legacy we will leave one day. Hopefully, it will be a legacy of love.
Blessings!!
Don
LEGACY OF LOVE
A friend once told me of a caring and much-loved school nurse who died. She was
well-known by the faculty and students as she had been there 35 years. When the
principal announced her death to the children, many of them began to cry.
To help ease their grief, the school counselor had a group of children draw a
picture of what the nurse meant to them. One child filled in her paper with red.
"This is her heart," she explained. "It's too big for the
paper."
At her funeral her friends and family clapped and celebrated her life. She left
behind a great legacy of love.
How will you be remembered? What legacy will you leave behind?
Toward the end of his life, Elton Trueblood made this observation. "At the
age of 93, I am well aware that I do not have many years to live. Consequently,
I try very hard to live my remaining years in such a manner that I really make a
difference in as many lives as possible. How do I want to be remembered? Not
primarily as a Christian scholar, but rather as a loving person. This can be the
goal of every individual. If I can be remembered as a truly loving person, I
shall be satisfied."
After you are gone, people may forget most of what you have done. But they will remember whether you loved them.
From Steve Goodier's RICHES OF THE HEART