Memories and Legacies

Today I celebrated the life of a dear friend of mine. She was an inspiration, a mentor, a teacher full of wisdom and my friend. She was my Sunday school teacher. She challenged me, she taught me with love, she helped me search for answers, and helped when I couldn't find them. I already miss her very much and I will continue to remember how very blessed I am to have known her. 

As I think about the life she lived I am reminded that the Bible says our days are numbered here on earth. Psalm 34:4-5 "Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered, and that my life is fleeing away. 5 My life is no longer than the width of my hand. An entire lifetime is just a moment to you; human existence is but a breath."

Each moment of our lives is precious and we should strive to make it count for something greater than ourselves. I, like many others will remember this special lady and her legacy will live on. She inspired me to live a life of sacrifice, of serving, and of sharing my faith.


1 Corinthians 13:1-10 "If I speak in the tongues of men or of angles, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps not record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears."

This special lady showed love to all those she met and never withheld an opportunity to share the love and good news of Jesus Christ the Savior of the world. If I have learned anything from her; it is that I will learn to love. I will be bold and be guided by only the one true God Himself. I am grateful to have met her and will miss her dearly, but I will also continue to strive to do better because I saw that she was able to do it.