My Obituary

My Obituary
Mon, 08/24/2009

I want people to remember me by the way I have acted, the way I had shown Christ in me through my actions and my attitude. I admit that I don't always act the way I should, and I don't always have a good attitude, but it is just something I have to work on. I feel that it is important to act in such a way that people know that you belong to Christ---that you're different. Because you never know, you may be the only Bible that people will ever read. If people see you as a hypocrite then how will they ever know the truth? The Bible says that you're supposed to have the mind, and the attitude of Christ, we're supposed to reflect Jesus in everything we do. Here are some verses that really moved me:

Philippians 3: 12-14
"Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."

Hebrews 4: 11-13
"Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any double edged sword, piercing even to the divisions of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of him to whom we must give account."

Philippians 4: 15-16
Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind."

Romans 12: 1-2
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies as living sacrifices, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."

Galatians 2: 20
"I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me, and the life to which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me and gave himself to me."

Philippians 4:8
"Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things."

1 John 3: 16- 20

"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. This then is how we know we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything."

Deuteronomy 30: 19-20

"I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you before you life and death, blessings and curse; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey his voice, and that you may cling to him, for he is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."

I want to leave the kind of legacy that people will look at me and say wow I want to be like her someday. I always loved this song from Classic Crime called "Say the word", the chorus goes like this: "Are you different? Could I be Different too? 'Cause nobody knows you like I do..." I want people to say that of me--to want to be different because someone else was different. I want to be the person that has left a blessing on so many people, that inspired them to make a change--a difference. I want to leave a chain reaction of hope that we can make thing better in life.

I also want to be remembered as a person who never dropped her arms, who never gave up and reached her goal. I want to be the runner running the race holding her torch, and never looking back but towards the goal. I want to be remembered as a nurse who knew how to save a life. Who made a difference in little childrens lives. Who gave them a hope, and told them of a savior plans for them to have a hope and future.

When I graduate college I wanted to be a RN nurse, who helped little children that have a cleft lip and a cleft palate. I want that dream to be a part of that legacy.

I want to be remembered as not someone who was selfish and arrogant, but some one who is selfless--and who has touched the lives of others. I want to be remembered as a person who is loving and who is merciful--who forgives. But I can't be that because I'm not Jesus, I am not perfect. But he who has made a good work in me will make it perfected and complete when Jesus comes again. I also want to try to be like Jesus, though I can't do it on my own strength, but I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. So, therefore I must try my best.