Birthdays always make me reflect. Today I turn 64. It even
sounds old to my ears. I hate getting older! My body betrays me in ways that
boggle my mind.
I ask myself: What have I done with sixty four years? What
have I accomplished? What legacy am I leaving? What will be said of me at my
funeral?
Am I alone or do others ask themselves these questions? My husband would say that I’ve accomplished
at lot through the children I’ve produced. I have five children, four daughters
and a son. I also have two stepsons and a stepdaughter. Between my husband and
I, we have 27 grandchildren and step-grandchildren. I have eight
great-grandchildren. My quiver is definitely full.
I want my life to count for something. I want to have made a
difference in my small sphere of influence. I want to live my life so that when
someone speaks evil of me, no one will believe it. I want to be a good person, truly good, and
not just that my actions and deeds are good. Anyone can say and do lofty,
noble, righteous, kind and good things.
But God looks at the heart! He knows our motive and intent
in everything we do. 1Samuel 16:7 NIV
says “….The Lord does not look at the
things people look at. People look at the outward appearance but the Lord looks
at the heart.” I want my heart to be
pleasing to God, not what people perceive me to be.
Psalm 139:3 NIV says “Search me, God, and know my heart ; test
me and my anxious thoughts.”
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