GPS for Jesus

     

     I'm now at the stage in my life where I just want to "go to sleep counting my blessings" as the song goes. 

     I'm not interested in celebrating any achievements I may have attained throughout my lifetime rather, I just want to celebrate life with a grateful heart for the many years I have been given and am still enjoying. 
     True, we can always look back with some regrets, one, wishing I had acquired earlier, some of the wisdom old age brings. But, life doesn't work that way. 
     
     So, now, during this time in my journey, I've been thinking God may want me to be a GPS (global positioning system) for Him — directing others I meet along the highway, to what is really important in life.   

      Having lived this long, life has taught me a few things. It's been said, "One is truly wise who gains his wisdom from the experience of others."  
     

     Awhile ago, I came across the following article, Living A Life That Matters, though I have no idea who authored it. It reminds us of how worthwhile and beautiful our lives would be if we could grasp the reason for our existence — especially if we could apply such wisdom in our youthful years. 
     Sometimes we just need to get serious, re-evaluate, and perhaps bring our life into focus. Although a bit long, it's well worth the read!    

Living A Life That Matters   

     

     Ready or not, someday it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days. All the things you collected, whether treasures or baubles, will pass to someone else. Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you owed. Your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will finally disappear. So too, your hopes, ambitions, plans and to-do lists will expire.      
     The wins and losses that once seemed so important, will fade away. It won't matter where you came from or on what side of the track you lived, at the end. It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Even your gender and skin colour will be irrelevant.      
     So, what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured? What will matter is not what you bought but what you built. Not what you got, but what you gave. What will matter is not your success, but your significance. What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example. What will matter is not your competence, but your character. What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many people will feel a lasting loss, when you're gone.  
  
     What will matter is not your memories, but, the memories that live in those who loved you. 
     What will matter is how long you will be remembered by whom and for what... Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. 
     It's not a matter of circumstances, but of choice.    

     







     Let's purpose to be diligent in scattering little seeds of love along our winding pathways of life — blessing many lives in the process.

— beulah