Do you ever
look at nature? Do you look at all the things that have taken place since
creation?
There are
so many wondrous things in the outdoors to behold. While walking today, I noticed
a leaf had fallen into some cement and created a mold. It left a mold of every
line and every curve the leaf had. You could tell everything about the leaf
except for the color of it.
As I
continued to walk, my mind kept thinking back on how awesome it is when people
leave the handprint of a small child in the sidewalk. As the child grows into
adulthood, he can go back and see that print had been molded a century ago.
As my mind
seems to go in a hundred different directions with thoughts, I began to wonder
what my life would be if time stopped today and I was placed into a mold. When
people walked by in twenty five years what would be the one picture they would
be able to gather from that imprint.
Would it be
one of shame? Would it be one that exemplified dissatisfaction or greed or
would it be one we could proudly say, "I'm sure glad that is the day my
mold was set?"
I have
periods of time in my life that I would never want my mold to be made from.
This gives me reason to press forward toward setting a better mold each day of
my life. There will be things I can't achieve at this point in my life, but one
day I will be able to achieve each goal I set.
As we walk
each day, let us do our best to leave a wonderful impression, for others to
view as they pass by.
Search me, O God, and
know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way
in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24
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