September 15, 2008

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                                                                                                              My aunt died last week. 

  
  

  Now, I hadn’t seen her much the last several years,
  but remembered her smile well from childhood.

  
  

  What struck me, as I listened to sincere testimonial to her, was that
  she had “sailed her vessel” well, right to the end of her life.

  
  

  She had survived a near-fatal childhood illness, which
  left her with heart problems the rest of her life, 
  but she married and raised a family, sometimes under difficult circumstances,

  
  

  yet all remembered her giving nature, her smile and her constant love and care;

  
  

  all , as far as anyone could remember, without complaining.

  
  

  I (once again) asked myself..

  
  

  “Am I doing what I can to ‘sail my vessel’ well?”

  
  

  The largest reason I mention the work that Rachel does is admiration; she’s a prod in my side that
  there is much I can do…I need but start.

  
  

  Too often, we see only the obstacles in the way of what we’d really “like to do”. The advantage of youth sometimes is the belief that “all things ARE possible.”

  
  

  It doesn’t mean doing huge projects, either..to the person at work who’s feeling really down
  (or the downcast person you notice on the street), a kind word or smile can be
  life-changing. We can bring God’s love to others in so many ways RIGHT WHERE WE ARE.

  
  

  I’d say that a corollary to “Bloom where you’re planted” is

  
  

  “Sail where you’re launched”.

  
  

  much love and joyful sailing

  
  

  jim

  
  

                      “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works,

  
  

                                                                                which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Eph. 2:10

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

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