Happy New Year! I don’t know about you but I was happy to welcome in the New Year. While there were many positive things that happened in 2020, they just seemed to be overshadowed by the negative. That’s why I am so glad that I have started off 2021 reading “Jesus Always” by Sarah Young. I have been a big fan of “Jesus Calling,” but this one focuses on maintaining our joy through the difficult times. If you don’t have it, I recommend you look into getting it.
I was reading a book by Kathie Lee Gifford and love the way she writes. She is a very talented song writer and you can feel her love for Jesus in her words. The words below really hit home with me, because this is pretty much exactly how I feel about my time here on earth. As I read this, I thought about Matthew 5:16. “Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
I Want to Matter by Kathie Lee Gifford
I want to matter,
To have meant something special to somebody else,
To have made a small difference simply being myself,
To believe this three-ringed circus,
Has fulfilled some earthly purpose.
I want to matter.
Before I am gone,
To have once been the shoulder that someone leaned on,
To have been the safe harbor in someone’s sad storm,
To know someone was blessed because I was born.
I want to matter
As much as I’m able,
To be more than a faded face framed on some table.
For if I’m to be framed, I want it to be
in somebody’s heart for eternity.
Though I’m fragile and foolish and flawed, I’m sincere.
I want someone to fondly remember me here.
More than being praised, more than being flattered,
I need to know without a doubt that somehow I have mattered.
And if I’m really honest, I would like to write one song
That someone will be singing long after I am gone.
(I don’t necessarily want to write a song but I hope a Wednesday message has a lingering impact.)
Let’s make 2021 an amazing year! Let your light shine for all to see!
Love you!
Tina
Gifford, Kathie Lee. It’s Never Too Late (pp. 207-208). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition.