I love reading the posts from "the Journaling Gina"......Yes, she is my daughter but, also, she is a woman of wisdom and every once in a while I just feel impressed to share one of her posts---be sure to check out her blog---it's a great one that you will probably want to keep up with! Moms are not the least bit biased, are they:o Hope you will enjoy her post today!
The Journaling Gina: Embracing Imperfections: I love old windows and doors. I have many window frames used for decorative purposes scattered throughout my home. On pinterest I've seen ev...
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Leaving a Legacy
It probably comes with age----thinking about what I will be remembered for on this earth. Will my contributions to family, friends and community live on........will this world be a better place for the decades that I occupied this earthly vessel? I guess if the truth be known, all of us would like to think that we have made a lasting impact and will be thought of fondly at the end of life.
These thoughts were stirred up yesterday when I learned of the home-going of Jackie Kemsey. I met Jackie when I was on staff at Eagle's Landing FBC. We were acquaintances, not best friends. In recent years I once again came in contact with her through Facebook, which is how I learned of her passing. My heart was saddened and I began to question myself as to why I felt such a sense of loss being that Ms. Jackie was "only an acquaintance?"
As I thought back on the years I had known Ms. Jackie, I began to realize that I had actually given more consideration to this woman's life than I had thought. Reflection on my first remembrance of her was with her husband, Larry. I recalled their always being together in church. But, they were not just in church......they embraced the church (meaning the people and not the building)! Ms. Jackie would call my name and reach her hands and arms out to me. Her affection was contagious. After leaving ELFBC, I was somewhat surprised when she requested "friend" status with me on Facebook. Here she was in her late 70's and not letting technology pass her by! She used social networking to be a part of other peoples lives and to stay connected to her friends. This spoke so much about her and made an impression on me. Over time I read the posts that she would send out and noticed that so much of the response was from younger women----I marveled at how this senior saint was carrying out part of her purpose in life to be the older woman teaching the younger.
So, the loss I felt was more of a loss of a Godly influence upon this earth........not that of just an acquaintance! However, isn't it just amazing how much God can show and teach us through acquaintances? It's almost like it was meant to be!!! So little time we ever actually spent together, but, great the message and life-lessons taught and learned. How much more it makes me realize that the "little" encounters we have with others may not be so "little!"
I know there are many, many others who's life has been blessed by this heaven bound saint and many who could more eloquently share her impact but, let me just say, if at the end of my life there are those who can look back and remember with fondness and appreciation, as I do with Mrs. Jackie Kemsey, then my life will have made this earth a better place!
These thoughts were stirred up yesterday when I learned of the home-going of Jackie Kemsey. I met Jackie when I was on staff at Eagle's Landing FBC. We were acquaintances, not best friends. In recent years I once again came in contact with her through Facebook, which is how I learned of her passing. My heart was saddened and I began to question myself as to why I felt such a sense of loss being that Ms. Jackie was "only an acquaintance?"
As I thought back on the years I had known Ms. Jackie, I began to realize that I had actually given more consideration to this woman's life than I had thought. Reflection on my first remembrance of her was with her husband, Larry. I recalled their always being together in church. But, they were not just in church......they embraced the church (meaning the people and not the building)! Ms. Jackie would call my name and reach her hands and arms out to me. Her affection was contagious. After leaving ELFBC, I was somewhat surprised when she requested "friend" status with me on Facebook. Here she was in her late 70's and not letting technology pass her by! She used social networking to be a part of other peoples lives and to stay connected to her friends. This spoke so much about her and made an impression on me. Over time I read the posts that she would send out and noticed that so much of the response was from younger women----I marveled at how this senior saint was carrying out part of her purpose in life to be the older woman teaching the younger.
So, the loss I felt was more of a loss of a Godly influence upon this earth........not that of just an acquaintance! However, isn't it just amazing how much God can show and teach us through acquaintances? It's almost like it was meant to be!!! So little time we ever actually spent together, but, great the message and life-lessons taught and learned. How much more it makes me realize that the "little" encounters we have with others may not be so "little!"
I know there are many, many others who's life has been blessed by this heaven bound saint and many who could more eloquently share her impact but, let me just say, if at the end of my life there are those who can look back and remember with fondness and appreciation, as I do with Mrs. Jackie Kemsey, then my life will have made this earth a better place!
Monday, January 2, 2012
He Goes Before Us!
I really do not want to make a bunch of resolutions to start 2012 because I know I never keep them and to add to it, I don't even remember what the resolutions were much after making them! However, yesterday I spent a considerable amount of time in church and listening to some really good messages on television. Now, one day later, I am reflecting on the two things that stand out to me from all that I listened to yesterday:
1. Pray, pray and pray some more "before" making decisions. How many times do I find myself asking God to help me with something that I made a decision on without seeking Him first? Oh, I don't think I even want to know the answer to that. BUT, I do want to make it a fewer number of times in days to come. Jeremiah 33:3 instructs me that if I will call to Him, He will show me great and mighty things----that I do not know. WHY would I not do that? Why do I keep trying to do things on my own when the God of the universe makes Himself so available? Yes, I hope to submit myself to Him and seek His wise counsel!
2. In all my times of stress and, yes, fears....remember He goes "before" me. Deuteronomy 31: 6-8 are wonderful scriptures to mediate on and remind me that God has my back covered! God has already gone before me and knows what is ahead and if I will only stay in relationship and listen for His voice, He will guide me!
These are not new truths to me but because God is faithful, he reminds us from time to time of truths that we need to pay attention to ---- thank you God! Maybe God is reminding you of some truths you learned in the past --- I would love to hear what they are!
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