What will your legacy be?

What will your legacy be?

Leadership expert Dr John Maxwell writes: ‘On December 18, 1998, I had a serious heart attack. That night as I lay on the floor waiting for an ambulance, I remember thinking two things:

💥First, I was too young to die. Second, I had not completed some of the things I wanted to accomplish…

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💥One of the most beneficial outcomes of my heart attack experience was that it motivated me to ask myself, “What will my legacy be?”

🎯A legacy is something we leave behind to the next generation. It can be possessions that we place in the hands of others.

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💥It can be principles we lived that carry on beyond our lives.

It also can be people we have influenced whose lives are better as a result of knowing us.’

💥Today is all you’ve got. Remember the words on a gravestone that read: ‘I expected this, but not just yet!’

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🎯We all hope for a long life, but none of us knows if we’ll see tomorrow.

🎯The Scripture says ‘Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.’

🎯A good man or woman can leave a legacy that blesses the next two generations.

🎯’A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.’

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🎯So let us focus on being good and doing good, and ask ourselves regularly, ‘How do I want to be remembered by my loved ones?

 

– Bob Gass Ministries

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