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Today is October 3, 2010. I prayed just a few minutes ago that I wanted the rest of my life to be more significant than the life I have lived so far. And I have had an incredible life. Very few regrets if any and in the world's eyes, I have had great success. I've already accomplished every thing that was on my earlier list of "Things to Do Before I Die."
Professionally, I have done very well. Financially, I really couldn't have asked for better. Personally, I have loved more than I ever imagined. But I have a new desire, one I never expected. I want to be significant in the lives of others and in the eyes of my Lord.
There is no such thing as a nominal Christian. If we are truly living a life that mirrors Christ, the word "Christian" must mean so much more than it has come to mean. The word "Christian" is ubiquitous under "Religious Views" on Facebook. But I believe only a fraction of the people who label themselves as Christians actually live out the word (no pun intended).
Gandhi said "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." How true. Nowadays people who call themselves Christians lie, steal, murder, engage in lusts of the mind and body, and so on. The list is unfortunately as long as the evils in the world. I myself am guilty of sin, but lately, the sins I have committed nauseate me. Not because they are worse than sins of my past, but because I am called to a higher purpose. If I get bogged down in the ways of the world, I won't be able to do what I was created to do.
What was I created to do? I don't know. I think it is possible many of us have several missions in our lifetime. I choose to accept them. I told God today that I don't need to have as much success in the rest of my life as I've had so far: financially, professionally or personally. I have more stuff than I know what to do with. I asked God to make whatever days I have left mean more than the days I have lived. I don't know if I have lived a third of my life or seven eighths of it. But I prayed today that I will touch more lives in what remains than I have in all the years leading up to today. And in my opinion, I haven't done too shabby so far.
There is a part of me that hopes that I am at the Half Time in my life. If that is true and I have as much life left as I have lived, then the world better watch out. I'm leaving the locker rooms with both guns blazing. I'm changing up my strategy and creating some new plays. The opponent has no idea what is about to happen.
But I will tell you. And I hope you will come along. I'm opening A Rescue Shop. Orphans, widows, the weak, the lowly, and the destitute, I want to be the hand that pulls you from the wicked world. No more playing it safe, it's game time and I am ready to play like my life depends on it. Because it does.
And if today is the Half Time of my life, then I'm not going to stop kicking until June 21, 2048.
