Destroy Life Writing Challenge

This post was written originally for a writing challenge. Participants were to tell of a life changing/devastating event in life. I was a bit sarcastic!

Everything was the way the preacher had expected it to be by this time in his life. In fact it was really better than he had envisioned. He is now a grandfather who is loved by the grandkids. The kids would run past GrandMom to give him a hug and see what new adventure he would take them on.

His work is not just important to him, but it seemed to be making a difference to a lot of people. Through his ministry, young people were moving into adulthood with a confidence in their future, bolstered by his instruction and example. People with difficult situations in their lives were leaning on him for comfort and encouragement.
His foreign efforts were taking root and the message of love and hope that he preached was spreading in places he had never heard of when he began his ministry. And the work in his community had been appreciated, because of his selflessness and hard work.

But everything has changed in the space of three months. He no longer has time for folks, barely acknowledges his family, even the grandkids. His reputation is suffering.

And it is all because one of his dear friends succeeded in getting him to sign up as a BLOGGER!







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Last Will & Testament!

Writing one's last will and testament is a rather sobering occasion. It must have something to do with the fact that one is drawn face to face with the truth of one's own mortality. We all like to think it will happen to someone else, but not to me. Contemplating one's own demise is a bit of a bitter pill to swallow.

Reading a will is all so cold and matter-of-fact. You read through the "legaleze" and you realize that the situation is beyond your power to change it. There are the reflections of what your real value is, and have you succeeded in your ambitions. But that does not feel very redeeming.

Conversely, good stewardship demands that we take care of those we love the most. There is a satisfaction in knowing that you have fulfilled that obligation, and you will not be a party to the tragedy of leaving this world intestate.

Have you written your will?

James 4:14 "What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes."






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