My Legacy

We sang a new song at church yesterday...and it is a good one! Only Jesus by Casting Crowns
And following a weekend filled with children and grandchildren, celebrating a first birthday and packing shoeboxes... it made me think.....(of course it did!😉)
The chorus:
 🎶And I, I don’t want to leave a legacy
I don’t care if they remember me
Only Jesus
And I, I’ve only got one life to live
I’ll let every second point to Him
Only Jesus
When we gather as family, memories and stories are shared...it is an important part of family heritage.  It is also a way for the younger generation to be connected to the past...it is vital.  Memories of grandparents, walks in the woods, reading stories, tea parties, sleepovers.....I hope my kids have beautiful memories and now as a GiGi I want my grands to have great memories like my kids do...and I do of my grandparents.
But listening to that song I realize that though those memories are important ...the best legacy I can leave to my grandchildren, my children...to anyone....is Jesus.  That all I did in life was about Him, passing on His memories, His stories.
It brought me to the verse
📖Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3:23-24

Do we honor Him in all we do?
As we gather this week for all the festivities that surround Thanksgiving....will people see Jesus?
As we enter the Christmas season....will the memories being made center around Jesus?  

📖 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:25

📖 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,  keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. 1 Peter 3:15-16


🎶 Make it count, leave a mark, build a name for yourself
Dream your dreams, chase your heart, above all else
Make a name the world remembers
But all an empty world can sell is empty dreams
I got lost in the light when it was up to me
To make a name the world remembers
But Jesus is the only name to remember

All the kingdoms built, all the trophies won
Will crumble into dust when it’s said and done
But all that really matters
Did I live the truth to the ones I love
Was my life the proof that there is only One
Whose name will last forever

And I, I don’t want to leave a legacy
I don’t care if they remember me
Only Jesus
And I, I’ve only got one life to live
I’ll let every second point to Him
Only Jesus                            Lyrics by Mark Hall, Matthew West, Bernie Herms

click on the link and enjoy the song Only Jesus by Casting Crowns

A poem I wrote in 2010

  🦃Thanksgiving Day🦃 

Thanksgiving is a time to gather those we love close by

We laugh and eat and celebrate and even enjoy some pie.

We eat until our bellies are full, we work, and rest and play

But do we stop and give pause on Thanksgiving Day?

To reflect on all the blessings that are showered from above,

Gifts from our Lord and Savior, who lavishes us with love

Will we stop to think as we dress ourselves that morn,

 that we have choices of what to wear, what color or how warm?

As we bathe and shower and brush our teeth so clean

Should we pause and be grateful for the gift of simple hygiene?

As we prepare the food, with extra portions to spare

Will we take the time and thank the Lord that we have enough to share?

As we smile across the table from family and loved ones so dear

Should we stop and say  “Thank you, Lord,  for all those gathered here.”?

As stories and memories are shared, even some with tears

Will we give thanks for those who touched our lives over the passing years?

God has blessed us so with much, our cups to overflowing,

 if we only take the time to find what is most important in knowing

that God’s love, and grace and mercy is there for us each day

 and we must share it with others we meet along the way.

Thank you God and Father

For loving us so

That you sent your Son

So Salvation we could know

                                                                                                                           ©TJT 2010, rev 2018