BT Staff / Tuesday, July 23, 2024

WMA Blog: What Will You Leave Behind?

By Kelly Williams

Today, I’m feeling every one of my 67 years. Some days it is just harder to move this old body than others. Do you agree? Feeling older certainly brings to my mind that my days on this earth are someday going to come to an end — maybe sooner than later. That thought makes me think about how I will be remembered: How will my children, grandchildren, friends and family remember me when I’m gone?

We all know that day is coming, right? None of us escapes death. Scripture says, “And as it is appointed for men once to die, and after this the judgment” (Heb. 9:27). We are all going to die, but what will we leave behind?

The idea of a lasting legacy has been on my mind and heart for the past year. As second vice president of the National WMA, it is my role to set the theme for the coming year. So I’ve thought, prayed and read about this for a year. I have set my heart toward leaving behind a lasting, godly legacy. I want my grandchildren to remember me as a woman of the Word of God, who was faithful to her God, her family and His church.

We will be focusing on this theme in the blog throughout this year. Our ladies on the Resource Committee will be writing about the different aspects of a lasting godly legacy. We want you to consider joining in this journey to creating that kind of legacy for those who are coming behind you.

Will you commit to reading the blog each week, then praying about how your legacy will affect the generations to come? Psalms 71:18 (NIV) says, “Even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come.”

The apostle Paul, in giving his farewell message to the Ephesian elders said this in Acts 20:24 (NIV), “However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me — the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.”

In thinking of last year’s emphasis in the blog, will you commit to striving to be be CLOSER to our Savior as we daily live mindful of the legacy we are leaving for those who come behind us?

• Scripture — Psalm 71

• Response — List the attributes from this Psalm that show what is included in building a legacy.

• Prayer — Father, we pray that, as women of God, we will be mindful each day of those around us, whether family or strangers, and remind us to share Jesus with everyone we meet, whether in word or deed.

— These articles are shared via the National WMA web page blog that can be accessed at nationalwma.org/blogs.