Saturday, February 10, 2024

Leaving a Legacy

 

In 2006, I worked on a house remodel on Lookout Mountain.  We added a two-story addition to the house, which was built in 1886.  When we cut into the roof to attach the new addition, we had to remove several boards and discovered penciled writings on the underside of the boards that were nailed onto the roof in 1886!  Evidently, carpenters had calculated their hours for the day, added them up, and calculated how much money they were to get paid for the week.  I didn’t know their names or anything else about them, but they left a legacy behind.  It wasn’t much of a legacy, but it was something.  Hey, when you pass on, what will your legacy be?  A few numbers scribbled on a board or something greater?  Hey, you can make a difference by giving money to missions.  You can invite folk to church and make a change in their lives.  You can teach your children and your grandchildren about the Lord.  David said in Psalm 145:3&4, “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.”  May our generation proclaim the goodness of the Lord to the next generation, is my prayer.

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