When one of the richest men of the 20th century died, many people asked, “How much did he leave?”\u00a0 Finally it would be public just how rich he was.\u00a0 Answer:\u00a0 He left it all.<\/p>\n
All?\u00a0 Hmmm.\u00a0 Somehow that seems to indicate that we all leave behind the same—ALL.\u00a0 But then again, exactly what do we leave?<\/p>\n
How much are you leaving . . . to your children?<\/p>\n
More important question . . . What are you leaving to your children?<\/p>\n
What will they remember?<\/p>\n
Money?\u00a0 (until it is spent)<\/p>\n
Things?\u00a0 (until they fade and break)<\/p>\n
Or is there something far more valuable about you that they should remember?<\/p>\n
What did your life stand for, to your children?<\/p>\n
They will acknowledge<\/span> what was important to you when you go.<\/p>\n But they will remember<\/span> only what was different about you.<\/p>\n And they will practice<\/span> in their lives only what you lived out with conviction.<\/p>\n So what do you really want to leave?<\/p>\n How about something that will outlast you and your children?<\/p>\n How about something you can share with your children after we’ve all left this place?<\/p>\n How about a relationship with Jesus, that makes all the difference now, and that lasts forever.<\/p>\n How about making sure you and your children will “BE THERE” together on the other side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When one of the richest men of the 20th century died, many people asked, “How much did he leave?”\u00a0 Finally it would be public just how rich he was.\u00a0 Answer:\u00a0 He left it all. All?\u00a0 Hmmm.\u00a0 Somehow that seems to indicate that we all leave behind the same—ALL.\u00a0 But then again, exactly what do we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith_based","category-family","category-financial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2248"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2372,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248\/revisions\/2372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}