Live life to the full

Abraham Lincoln once remarked that "in the end, it is not the years in your life that count. It is the life in your years." At first reading it doesn't always hit home as much as it should do, but then when you dwell on it, you realise how much sense it makes. You could live to be 100 years old and still feel that you haven't lived a full life, whereas some people only live into their teens and seem to have already accomplished so much.

Take the following people for example - it is amazing that we still speak about the impact they made on the world, especially when they all died so young.

Agnes of Rome - 13
Olivia of Palmero - 15
Catherine of Alexandria - 18
Andrew Kim Taegon - 25
Jim Elliot - 28
Esther John -31
Nate Saint - 32
Dietrich Bonhoeffer - 39
Eric Liddell - 43
Jesus of Nazareth - 33

If you don't know some of these names then please google them - they all died serving the Lord, many of them as young martyrs for their faith.

Colossians 1:10 -  "...so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God."

Living in Grace
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Call to Live

There are moments when I hear a song and I am greatly encouraged by the lyrics. These lyrics can move me out of a comfort zone or towards a place of great faith. In my friend, Mark Counihan's new album he wrote a song entitled: "Call to Live." It is such a powerful song and if you would like to listen to it, then please click onto this link.

It reminds me that God has called us to be "Brave and not safe." Faith moves us from our places of warmth and comfort out into the world of the unknown. We will make mistakes along the way, but I think that God is not as upset by the mistakes, as much as he is disappointed that we don't even try.

We are called to "break our jar" again, so that we may spend what God has instilled within our hearts. We can't keep this to ourselves - we need to share this with those who will listen.

2 Corinthians 9:13 - Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else.

Living in Grace
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