Leaving Myself Behind...

I don't know about you,but I have a habit of leaving things behind wherever I go. I left my keys in the grocery store this afternoon. I misplaced my keys a few days before that. I couldn't find a paycheck in my purse for a few days because I took it out and forgot where I put it. I leave traces of myself behind me as if I were leaving a trail.

There are other ways to leave pieces of yourself that don't involve this type of embarassment. One way is to share the gift that is within you. There is usually more than one gift in question,too..."No man is an island"is now seen as a trite and overused expression. Still, it can be argued that each person who lives touches those around them. Each one of us has an impact for good or for ill on those in our primary and secondary social groups. When you see a friend or an aquaintance,how do you feel about them? What was the last conversation that you had with them? Have they ever challenged your viewpoints or prodded you to follow one of your dreams? It may be the case that they have been as a grains of sand in your bag of oysters. It may take a long time, but those grains of sand that irritate you may be producing pearls of great value within your spirit. Only God sees what the final outcome of our relationships with others will be. Scary,isn't it? In the least,it is thought-provoking...

Ultimately,I pray that I leave behind traces of what the Father has done in me as well as through me. I long for my children to say of me one day that they really knew me as a person and not just as their mother. It would be great if something I wrote paved the way for someone to come to Christ. I am looking forward to hearing from someone who has been drawn to the foot of the cross through the Spirit working through me. It is going to be beyond imagining when we get to heaven and see from the other side what God was doing in our circumstances of life. I want to leave behind the fragrance of Jesus and the memories of joy that I brought to their lives.

If the whole duty of man is to follow after and know God, then leaving ourselves behind will not be such a bad thing. The next generation will be blessed by our obedience to the leading of the Spirit. Here's to leaving ourselves behind the way we were destined to do so.

Have a cup o'joy...
Lynne