December 9 – Galatians 5:24-And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

Remember to read My Utmost for His Highest for December Today

MY FUNERAL

I dreamed I was attending my funeral.

All my relatives were there.

I wasn’t asleep in my coffin.

But was invisibly seated in a chair.

My eulogy was warmly spoken.

It was flowery, entertaining at times

But with all of the tributes given

In God’s eyes they weren’t worth a dime!

There were works and accolades mentioned.

There were secrets revealed with some tears.

A couple of jokes made folks giggle

Someone even divulged a few fears.

But nobody talked about Jesus

No one even mentioned His Name.

No one said, “She introduced me

To Jesus and my direction in life changed.”

My lifetime flashed by in a few seconds.

It was too late to win more souls for Him.

What might they say, about you Pilgrim

If someone your eulogy would begin?

Would they say that they saw Jesus in you?

Would they say that they knew that you cared?

Or would they say that those mentored would miss you

As they take up your mantle of prayer?

©Marlene D. Bergman

JOURNAL JOTTINGS: Funerals are final. Are there things in life for which there should be funerals?

List old- fashioned things that have been buried that need resurrecting. List your benefactors. Beside each list the spiritual legacy that you would like to leave them. Mentoring is the best tool to ensure this. TRY IT.

DEAR LORD, Help me to realize that no matter my age I have a sphere of influence and I am mentoring others. Keep me focused on the tools you want me to teach others. Thank you for the lessons you are teaching me, because I cannot teach unless I am learning myself. Keep me teachable Lord from now until I see you face to face.

Give me the strength to continue to reinvest in others for your honor. Relationships are all I can take to heaven and I want to take “oodles” of them. I covet souls for you, Lord. In Jesus’ Name, AMEN.