Leaving a Mark During Our Dash

 

I'd like to start this post by apologizing for being absent for so long. Life has gotten extremely busy with moving to a mini farm we purchased and the home and barn needing quite a few repairs. I'm not a daily blogger though I'd like to be but I do try to get in at least one per month if not more. It depends on how life is happening at the time. 

1 Timothy 6:6-7 says But godliness with contentment is great gain. 

For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

I thought about that when I was reading recently and thought this is true. However, we can leave a mark during this so called dash of a life. 

Everyone will leave a mark on someone's life for good or for bad. I hope to make a positive mark on as many people as I can. Telling others about the love and saving grace of Jesus is the most positive mark a body can leave on another. Teaching and instructing for future knowledge and wisdom will definitely leave a positive mark. Showing kindness, mercy and compassion will help someone far more than you may imagine at the given moment. 

The dash of a person's life is the time between birth and death. That dash is what is talked about at funerals and memorial services. Often there is a slideshow of pictures depicting events of the passed person's life. Even the music played during the slideshow often reveals something about the person. Maybe it was their favorite song or the song depicted something from their life. Those that come to pay their respects to the family of the dearly departed have been impacted in some way, shape or form by the one who has passed on. 

What type of mark are you leaving? Is it positive or negative? As long as you are still breathing you can change the mark for good to impact positively in those around you. 

My hope and goal is to help others to think, to help them grow in their relationships, in their education of God's Word, and to accept themselves for who they are as they learn to love the journey they are on and make improvements along the way. This is always a goal of this blog.