Jul. 15, 2007 - What Ya doin?
When my children were all small, one of their favorite things to ask was, "what ya doin'?" After hearing all the preachers, teachers, parents and books warning about children asking WHY I was completely unprepared for this. To me, it was always obvious, but to them vague. In their defence, most of the time they were too small to get a good view of what I was doing. They only saw movement, or me putting something in or on, or taking someothing out...etc..you get the picture. Eventually they started to figure out what I was doin' and why.
Now that they are all 9 yr. and up, they might not ask this questions aloud anymore, they wouldn't be human if they didn't ask it to themselves about me, my husband, their siblings and friends, and themselves.
What ya do is part and parcel of the legacy of your life. It is when we make quick decisions and don't take time to pray and wait on the LORD that we make mistakes, we sin, and mar our testimony-if to no-one else but ourselves. Once we repent He remembers it no more, but we seem to have an elephant like memory of all our sins, failings, etc. In Scripture, David, whom God calls a man after His own heart, shed innocent blood and committed adultery, but God forgave Him and still used him. No doubt David battled his own mind to let his past go. Paul admonishes us to forget those things that are behind and press toward the mark of the prize of hte high calling of God.
Most of us haven't committed any history altering acts, nor have we been true black sheep of our families before or after getting Saved. Therefore, our legacy, though marred here and there by scratches not visible to the naked eye, will be a goodly heritage for our children, and grandchildren.
It is funny how that when the children were small, we had such rough days, and I know that many a night I went to bed and cried because i wondered what they would remember when they grew up about the days where all I did was correct, and say No, and apply the board of education to the seat of understanding. Guess what? They remember next to nothing of those days. They can relay to me tales of all sorts of htings they did, bad things that I didn't catch, but the rest is all a haze. BLESS GOD!
I'm not saying that my legacy is spotless, or perfect. It shows it's age, and there are more flaws than i care to know, but keeping myself focused on the fact that what I am DOING will dictate the legacy I leave behind keeps me focused on doing the right thing when I would rather not.
Sooooooooooo.... What Ya doin?
