Have you ever thought about what you want written on your grave stone? I know that sounds a little morbid, but what few words would you like as a memorial to your life? Lots of families put a scripture that their loved one cherished, and many just put a birth date and a death date with a name. I really love what my mom had engraved on my dad’s gravestone. It says a life worth imitating. When I think about that phrase, I hope someday that can be said of me. When we look at the Bible and see the times Paul told us to follow him, like he followed Christ, or when we are told to imitate or be like Christ, it seems like that should be something that every believer should be able to say. Unfortunately, that is not so. But when we take a moment to think long term, the young teenager will be a grandma someday. Will she be proud to tell her grandkids about her behavior as a teenager? Sometimes we forget that our legacy is generational. In fact, it really is eternal. What kind of legacy will you leave? Is it one that is excellent, and represents Christ-like qualities? We have it in us, because the seed of greatness is in every believer. We become great not when we are famous, we become great when we learn to serve one another in love. That is the greatest legacy of all.
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