Sunday, July 4, 2010

Fireworks

Lol this was one of the main things I wanted to blog about and now that I get to it I don't know how to put it, but I was thinking a couple years ago as I was watching fireworks how the things we do affect not only us but those around us as well. Sometimes we are the ones "setting off the fireworks" so to speak. Some know it is us who are setting them off while others only are able to see the pretty display and enjoy it from a distance never knowing exactly who it is setting them off and maybe not even caring (which is ok!). Other times we are the ones watching the display and enjoying what others are doing whether we know who set them off or not. The thing is that what we do on a daily basis not only affects us but it affects so many people around us. Sometimes it may even seem insignificant what we are doing, but I'll tell you: this year with all the rain most of the fireworks have been cancelled, and the Fourth of July without fireworks is just not the same. It leaves a void. The same is true when we stop doing the things we are meant to be doing. There is a void where we know something should be. It may even be that some are not happy that we are setting them off, but that is also how it is in life. When we strive to do good deeds, some are going to be annoyed, but that should never stop us from trying to do the best we can. It can also show that something good at the wrong place and time can be bad.
The sermon I heard tonight was on our legacy... What will our legacy be? Will it be something that people from blocks away can look at and enjoy or will it be an empty void with the feeling that something great should have been there? Let us strive to leave a legacy that will affect (for the good) as many as we possibly can.

"In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even those that are not cannot be hidden." ~1 Timothy 5:25

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