New Beginning

For a while now i have been walking through the life of Jesus, and some of you have been walking with me. But its time i take this blog back to it'g begining. I once wrote about the name this blog holds, the convictions of my heart, and i feel, in light of what is happening in my life that it is time to return to upholding that name.

I have been in a group now for over a year that deals with my addictive personality (yes, im a addict, but more on that later.) About 3 months ago we, the men and I, finished a book we had been working through for about a year. At the end of this book a question is proposed to us, "what legacy will you leave behind?"

What kind of christian, man, father, husband, leader, brother, son, uncle, nephew, co-worker, manager, employee, servent (etc.) will I be? What impact am i making in peoples lives, or am I making a difference at all? I wonder what people will think of me or say about me when I die and am long gone. It's is not that I live for the praises of men, that is not what i'm getting at. What I am asking is that, what impact am I having on the men (women, children) in my life? This is a question we should all ask of ourselves.

The Lord Jesus prays to His Father asking, "My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one." John 17:15

We as Christians are to be in this world but not of this world. It does not matter where you live (subburbs, city or country), or if you homeschool your children or not, what matters is that you are making time to live like Jesus every day in the world around you. Rightly said, "There are 5 gosples, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Jason (you). And most the world won't read the first 4."

Lord Jesus, i dont want to be anything less then all You want me to be, and i know that means to be like You. While reading Your word and studying Your truths found therein, teach me and convict me of my sin, transforming me daily more and more into Your Holy image. I don't want to waste this life living for myself, i don't want to live if that is the meaning to life. I do pray that Your light will shine in and through me in everything i do. Amen