Calling & Purpose

How Can I Leave a Legacy Today?

How can I leave a legacy today?

I have two questions I’ve learned to ask myself:

  • Am I loving well?
  • How can I leave a legacy today?

My mom exemplified these questions for me. And with her passing just a few days ago it is becoming even more evident that she loved well. The stories people are sharing are building a consistent, radiant picture of who she was to everyone.

Sacred Moments

She saw her daily activities and conversations as sacred moments. She saw interactions with people as divine appointments, and really SAW people. My mother showed people value, dignity, worth, and her intentional living changed us.

I celebrate my sweet mother today. I celebrate the lives she touched. I cherish that in her quiet kindness, she changed the world around her by helping people hope, and then they turned around to inspire others toward hope and joy too.

What a beautiful legacy.

Many people can look back and see the legacy left for them. Others can’t. But we each have the opportunity to start fresh and choose to leave our own.

My mother gave me a heavenly perspective. She was my equalizer. She gave me eyes to see the difference between what carries temporal significance and what carries eternal worth. I might have shrugged and hem-hawed while learning it, but looking back I now see how my mom taught me discernment.

David Green

Are you ready to ask yourself those questions?

  • Am I loving well?
  • How can I leave a legacy today?

Elizabeth JOY

Elizabeth Joy

Christ follower, wife and mom, worshiper, writer, and wellness coach, I live to let JOY loose in the people around me.

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