Joyous Living

My question to you today is this. At the end of your life will you leave a legacy behind or will you have just lived? Will you have made a difference in the world or even just one person? Will your life have made an impact on someone else life for the better or for the worse? Ok, yeah, that's more than just one question but they are relatively the same. Kind of. Ish.  You know, when you go into a grave yard and you look at a grave stone, what do you see?  You see when the person was born and when that person died. But you know, there is also that little "dash" - in between the two years of birth and death. No one ever pays attention to that little "dash". Maybe we should stop and reflect on that little "dash". Because you see, that little "dash" is the life you and I are living right now. I want to live my life in such a way that leaves a legacy when I'm gone, when I'm dead. I don't want to live my life for me, but for Christ. I w...

So I'm just gonna write my thoughts once again, because this is what I do.  I've been thinking about how many people actually advance towards the Kingdom of Heaven and how many start on the journey to Heaven but don't finish, or they turn around because of some uncertainty or some other reason. But yes, they did have full intentions of finishing but .. Well .. Didn't. Why is this? So I'm just going to be real and open and honest.  I noticed in my own life that this has been happening to me.  Yes! I wanted to advance towards the Kingdom! But something kept holding me back.  And I didn't know what it was. I prayed. I read the Word. I pleaded with God to tell me what's wrong. What I am doing wrong. And nothing. I got nothing. Or so it seemed. But the last two weeks I was hit with a revelation of why this is. In my life anyway. Everyone is different. But I came to realize while sitting in a service that I am not letting go of the past. In my life. My mistakes. I...