YOU ARE A WRITER
Your life is a journal of many entries.
You are the one who determines
what is recorded therein.
The events of each day
may not always be those of your choosing,
but your response to all that is
will often have greater influence
in your own life
and the lives of those around
than will the actual events.
Know that the pages of your journal
will be read by those around,
both those presently a part of your life
and those of future generations.
Do you suppose that Adam and Eve
considered the far-reaching effect
of their recorded journal entries
on future generations?
The life journals of
Abraham and Lot, the Pharoah of Egypt,
Joseph, Moses, Goliath,
Nebuchanezzar, Daniel, Esther,
JESUS,
Andrew, John,
a lad with the lunch of five loaves and two fish, Barnabas, Paul, and Lydia
are ones we still read, and learn from, today.
I pray that the entries you make
in your life journal
throughout the coming year
will be ones that you can look back on
without regret.
Twila – June 2006
Your life is a journal of many entries.
You are the one who determines
what is recorded therein.
The events of each day
may not always be those of your choosing,
but your response to all that is
will often have greater influence
in your own life
and the lives of those around
than will the actual events.
Know that the pages of your journal
will be read by those around,
both those presently a part of your life
and those of future generations.
Do you suppose that Adam and Eve
considered the far-reaching effect
of their recorded journal entries
on future generations?
The life journals of
Abraham and Lot, the Pharoah of Egypt,
Joseph, Moses, Goliath,
Nebuchanezzar, Daniel, Esther,
JESUS,
Andrew, John,
a lad with the lunch of five loaves and two fish, Barnabas, Paul, and Lydia
are ones we still read, and learn from, today.
I pray that the entries you make
in your life journal
throughout the coming year
will be ones that you can look back on
without regret.
Twila – June 2006
1 comment:
This is a solemn thought. I wonder what others see when they read my journal. I am painfully aware that it is often not what I wish it was. I think of what Christ said, "let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven." He asks us to let our light shine, but also makes it clear that it is not us that is shining but rather it is God shining through us, for people will not praise us, and rightly so, they will praise our Father in heaven because they also recognize that it is His goodness they see, not ours. Jesus said, "of mine own self I do nothing." Even Jesus relied fully upon God, and because of His close communion with the Father He was able to say, "If you have seen me, you have seen the Father." This is the kind of relationship I long to have with God. I need to be so filled with Him that His light fills me. Then the entries in my journal will be worth reading.
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