Important Assignment

Can I give you an assignment that may seem a little morbid but will be so beneficial to you in the beginning of this new year if you honestly complete it.  Write out your obituary.  Yes, imagine that you are composing a description of your own life after you have died 30 to 40 years from now.

Then take the step of evaluating your obituary.  What actions do you want to have mentioned?  What are the important priorities, memories you would like to leave behind?  What are the insignificant items that are now a key part of your life that you don’t want to be remembered for?  In other words, what are you now doing that will stand the test of time, or be God-pleasing?
             
        Now take the final step of making life-changing decisions.  What changes will you now make in light of your evaluation? 

As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
When the wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its place acknowledges it no longer.
Psalm 103:15—16