I was at the men's lunch at first Baptist Church...Pastor Dale was talking about the book "Don't Waste Your Life"...I have listened to that book and was excited to hear what he had to say about it. I knew that he'd have a completely different viewpoint than my own. While there were several things he mentioned that fell into that category, none struck me more than when he spoke matter of fact-ly with us at the end.
It was right at the end of his session, he looked at the 100 or so guys there, put his hand on his chin and tried to make eye contact with as many of us as he could. He mentioned how he had been preaching for 35 years. That in those 35 years he had buried a lot of people. He stated there was a small population of women that were happy widows. Not exuberant, not obvious, but you could tell they were relieved. A huge weight had been lifted from their shoulders. The widows were probably not beaten or anything, but, perhaps their now dead husbands were (my words) buttheads. Then he proceeded to tell us how he wanted his wife to be sad when he was dead...(that was pretty funny, we all had a good laugh at the wording of it)...
The point was that we all will leave some sort of legacy, what legacy will you leave?
So, the question I asked my wife this morning, "Honey, when I die are you going to be happy?"
Her face was sort of shocked..."No!". Then she asked what I was talking about....after I told her the stuff I mentioned here, she almost came to tears telling something that had been bugging her that she just kind of set aside... I am glad we got to talk about that. I still don't know if that's resolved..but, at least it's something that I am aware of now that I can really try to correct.
The book is really good and I highly recommend it..but, the practical aspect Dale added, that's the real stuff that helps put into action all the theory and words that I heard. The things that help be the man I was created to be...I am so far off course but glad there is a ministry that reaches out to guys like me that want make the changes but don't even know we need to make them. It's kind of hard to explain...Simply, thank you Lord for Dale and his heart for godly men wannabes.
Oh yeah, you need to talk to your wife.
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