I 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 much
I 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 world
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
I 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 destroy
Not well traveled, not well read, not well-to-do or well bred
Just want to hear instead, "Well Done" good and faithful one...
If we measure our future by our past, we are doomed to repeat it. It is a fallacy to believe that by studying our past failures, traumas or abuses we prevent or correct our current ones. Looking at our past does not guarantee our future—it prevents it.
When we search, analyze and delve into our yesterdays, we are limited to our own accumulated information of abuse or wrong decisions. Drawing on our own wisdom and experience will not safeguard our future.
We need someone bigger and wiser than ourselves to guide and protect us—we need God. He knows the end from the beginning. He sees the whole picture clearly, while we see only a fragment dimly and distorted (1 Cor. 13:12). He is independent of time while we are subject to it. How can we draw on this wisdom?
This is a tragic truth: You can spend your whole life figuring out why you are messed up and still be messed up once you’ve figured it out. After all your searching you know the why. But knowing the why does not produce the power to change.
You must know the Who. You don’t go to the problem for the answer. You must move from the problem to the answer. Our answer is Jesus. The question is: Do we believe what He did was enough?
