Will you rob the grave or will the grave rob you?

I once heard that the richest place in the world is the cemetery. It is a place filled with unlived dreams, aspirations, books, songs, and ideas. What will you allow the grave to rob you of? What dream have you deferred? What possibility have you brushed off? What vision have you set aside for a later time? Well…. I am here to proclaim to you to “Stand still no more” Pick up that pen, tune up that voice, dust off that business plan. The time is now. During a crisis is the perfect time to get creative. What are you afraid of? The Bible says in 2 Timothy 1:7, that GOD did not give us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Are you afraid of failing? A friend once shared with me something his mother told him concerning moving out of state for the first time. She said, “Just go. You can always come back home. Even if you only stay a little while you have already won.” Virtually what she was saying is what my great-grandmother use to always tell my grandmother. “Nothing beats a failure, but a try.” The operative word is “try”. Without you even attempting to try, you automatically fail. Not only do you have to try, you must also declare that failure is not an option. You must believe that the vision and talent that GOD has placed inside of you is your destiny… Don’t let the grave steal the next best-selling novel, or the next groundbreaking documentary, or the next Time Magazine’s invention of the year…. So get up, start work on the vision, and get in position. Delivery time has arrived!

What will your Legacy be?

The Bible says in Proverbs 13:22, A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children. What will your inheritance be? Will it only be monetary? Well although I can only pray that when we depart from this life that we leave our love ones financially stable, but I truly believe that leaving an inheritance is so much more than that. I think your witness, your walk, character, and your integrity are all part of the inheritance you leave behind. When people watch you (which so often they do), what do you show them? A life of joy, peace, compassion, love, and kindness, or a life of hopelessness, discontentment, and despair. As Christians, our walk should always resemble one of joy and peace. Now, don't get me wrong, trouble will come to try to shake your peace (and if it has'nt happened yet...keep living), But peace is not an absence of adversity, and joy is not an absence of heartache. We as Christian carry peace and joy in our pockets at all time, because we have the revelation knowledge to know that no matter what obstacles may come our way, GOD is in control. These are the type of values that we must pass on to our children. The simplicity of just letting them know "who they are" and "who's they are" will carry them further than you can ever imagine. Then in their times of trouble they will be able to reach back from their upbringing and grab the gift of scriptures like No Weapon, or Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, or "weeping may endure, or they that wait on the LORD, and it will make sense to them, because they have watched an example live those things (You)...The best gift of an inheritance that you can ever give your children is to walk upright and be an awesome example for the Kingdom... So again I ask you, what will your "Legacy" be?