Food for Thought

It's raining, and I'm afraid for the moment being, there isn't too much super exciting news.

I was supposed to go visit my friend's Uni(versity) today, but she woke up not feeling well, and so... well, lunch plans cancelled.  That's ok, I got a head start on stuff so that I don't have to do it tomorrow, which is my day off.

Sunday's FUSE was good.  It was a great message about living your best and what you're using to build your life out of-- things that last or things that don't.  Mark shared the story of John and David Livingstone.  Did you know David Livingstone had a brother?  I didn't.  They both grew up in a fairly wealthy household, and John went on to build a business and focus on making money, etc.  David felt God was calling him to do a couple of things-- explore Africa, which was his dream, and take the Gospel with him.  John thought David was crazy, but he took the risk anyway and went to follow his dreams-- but with a purpose behind it.

David died in Africa.  However, on John's gravestone when he died was written: the brother of David Livingstone.  Who remembers John Livingstone?  Who remembers David?

It was really interesting I thought.  It doesn't mean that you can't have a business and make money, etc., but whatever your dream in life is-- what are you going to use it for?  You only get one shot at life-- you can choose to live a mediocre life, or you can choose to follow your dreams and live the life and have all the God wants you to have and use it to build into and impact people's lives.  You choose now what you want.

I have been thinking a lot about that, and about something Mark said yesterday as well-- Let's not be people who live by rules and make rules, but people who live with vision and wanting what God wants for us.

It's kinda the difference between being legalistic/living by a set of rules/ways of doing things the Christian way and having a great relationship with God and an amazing life that can leave a legacy.

It's all about having that relationship with God in your life all the time.

Anyway... that's my blurb today.  I'm going to go work on a few not-so-exciting projects that are a part of life anyway.  :)

Have a great day people.