My House, Caronport Saskatchewan
Still waking up, 11:06 AM
Weather = Warm and Green
It occurred to me that only a very few people will be remembered in history. Only a very small percentage will "matter" in the eyes of the world. In Philosophy we have Socrates, Plato, Augustine, Heidegger, Locke, Descartes, and a host of others who will be remembered forever, but the many nameless people who worked along side them have already been forgotten. Great business owners will also be forgotten, even Bill Gates. Nobody remembers or even cares who owned the largest trading enterprise when Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia Phoenicia, Greece, and Rome had their massive empires, nobody will remember or care about ours. Most pastors and church workers will be forgotten in the church except for a few who history has decided to remember; Mother Teresa, Billy Graham, the Wesley Brothers, Calven, Luther, Barth, and a list of Popes.
My thought in all of this is to not even bother trying to be remembered in the world's eyes. You have to do something absolutely incredible and then get really lucky if you want to be remembered, and there are so many countless people who tried, did absolutely incredible things, but are still not remembered today. And what does being remembered do for you? Why would I want to be remembered in the up and coming generations? What good would my legacy be to me or the world?
It also occurred to me that everyone is remembered in Heaven, and that that is where I want to count. Fame and a name in the world is a fleeting thing and it will eventually fade. However, doing Kingdom work for God will endure forever. Perhaps this is part of what Jesus talked about in his parable of the Treasure in the Field or The Pearl of Great Value.
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal."
So I am motivated to live my life fully and worshipfully towards and caring for other people. There have been countless individuals who have made significant differences in the lives of others and in society that history will never remember, at the very least I want to be one of them. I am glad to help others and make a difference, not only because it matters to them, but because it matters to God. By his grace he has made it so that it also matters to me.
I am happy. I have my own apartment filled with my own stuff. I have a job that I love and a car to go into town. I can make good food for myself, and am making enough money to live well while taking courses. I have good friends close to me, a loving family not too far away, and a fun God honoring meaningful relationship with beautiful woman who is also a friend and an equal. It's finally summer time and I can walk around outside in T-shirt and shorts without fear of frostbite and my town is peaceful, no riots, no gangs, no fear of being robbed or assaulted. I have been incredibly blessed and I am happy.
I seek to work and learn in this time of happiness so that I can serve faithfully and effectively when I'm in the heart of a dark winter and these blessings may be only memory.
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