What’s your story Morning Glory? I mean what is the story you’re living today…right now? Do you ever think about that?
When I was in my early twenty’s I loved to watch the television show Bewitched. Not because of her amazing ability to twitch her nose and make the house clean(although how great is that?) but because I wanted to live Samantha’s story.
She was a wife and a mother. She was poised and beautiful and her house was always neat. She made dinner and put that cute little girl down for naps and had play dates with other moms. But more than that drew me to her story, she was gracious and calm and loving. Attributes I don’t naturally have, but ones I so desire.
Are you rolling your eyes yet? Go ahead, I don’t blame you. But it’s truly the story I wanted to live, at least that was the outline of the story I wanted to live. But like all good stories, mine has had it’s share of twists and turns that bring a whole lot of conflict. But you know what conflict does to a story…it gives momentum and leverage for change.
If you’ve been hanging out with me for a while, you know that after my mom died 6 years ago, I realized that whether I acknowledged it or not, I’m living (every day) the story...the legacy that I will one day leave behind. Since then I’ve been living with the end in mind and it’s adjusted the details of my day to day story.
I’m going to be writing about that in my heart posts this summer. But today, I’m wondering if you’ve ever looked at the end of your story… and if you have, how do you want to be remembered. What is it that you hope to leave behind?
~Sending you oh-so-much love today my sweet friends~
I have thought about it and I sometimes struggle with behaving the way I want to be remembered 😉
Julia, me too Honey, but it somehow helps me to revisit the goal every so often…xoxo
Thank you for the reminder. Where we look is so incredibly important! Blessings and vision!
Tom, I love it! Blessings & vision…that’s truly what we need.
Yes. You know me. Queen of the Deep. I’ve thought about this a lot. I pray I’ll be remembered as someone who finally surrendered everything to her Father. Who let go of control. Who loved with her whole heart.
So looking forward to your summer heart posts!
Julie…that’s you exactly! Yes, yes yes…xo
i’m not focusing on the end game yet, but have dedicated much time to thinking about how i’m wired and what i want to be about in this next chapter of my life (the boy just graduated from high school 2 weeks ago).
i want to be a worldview changer, a person who helps people navigate through uncharted territory in their lives, an encourager, an equipper, and someone who is about what is eternally significant.
big enough shoes to fill? the idea of all this has me trembling–both from anticipation and from the enormity of who He is revealing to me I am and what He is hinting He has for me.
would you pray He would guide me into what He has for me? and that I would accept His timing? i’d really like to be stepping into it before Thanksgiving, since we’ve been on this journey with great intent for 18 months now.
i’m with julie–looking forward to these posts!
Jenn, you are a natural encourager and yes I will pray with you that God will show you the next right thing to do…I know He has a plan and I suspect you’re on the right path. xo