It seems later than it actually is. I am recalling all that has happened, all the times and events and moments in which I have lived. Of course I do not recall them all. Nor do I recall all I have said and thought in the doing of them. Yet each memory is a treasure like a precious gem. So I would like to share how I have made it through up until now.
The power which holds me together some how like the glue that promises to secure any weight, any break or crack, even any splintered anything, is the undeniable faith in Jesus Christ. I admit it was not my own discovery, for others who knew it before me influenced my thinking at a time in my life when it seemed life was not worth continuing. It seems like so very long ago. It was not one but several who specifically and specially influenced my thinking and my choices. It is so very pleasant to recall the words, the faces, the smiles and even the traces of concerns they brought into my life.
Now, at this late hour, I count such moments as repeatable moments which I greatly desire to inflict upon others. Every man, every woman, whether intentionally or not, casts a broad shadow of influence upon those that their lives somehow contact. It is the influences which have been so profitable to me that I would like for others to see.
There are battles coming in the which they will need to know the wisdom which was given to me to stand tall for the truth, to shrink low from the admiration of self and to realize the presence of the Spirit of God directing every decision they must make. There are victories they will know which are not by their hand but in spite of their rebellion and plans. There are praises and adulations which will be directed at them which must, they must, be deflected to the glory of the One who has empowered them to choose well.
I am so very grateful for the influence I have been allowed to have. I humbly bow on my knees and acknowledge that there is no good thing within me that is not put there by God’s loving hand. He must increase and I must decrease. Therefore I desire that all the very best I can do or say be seen as it truly is, His influence on me and my reflecting that same to others. I treasure the thought of each one I may have influenced for good for the cause of Jesus. For it is those crowns and jewels I will gladly cast at His feet in glory proclaiming Worthy is the Lamb!