"Do you make a life?"

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I recently read an epithet from an old tombstone that really summarizes what it means to listen to life and make a life, not just a living. It reads,

"What I kept, I lost.

"What I spent, I had.

"What I gave, I have."

"What I kept, I lost"—when you just make a living and see life as a race to see who gets the most toys and keeps the most toys; you live out of a belief that there’s not enough to go around, and you lose.

"What I spent, I had"—when you just make a living, you spend mostly on your own comfort, feathering your own nest; you live out of a belief that you are a self-made person only, and that’s all you had.

"What I gave, I have"—when you make a life, you know that givers gain; you give to others out of a generous, abundant spirit; you live out of a belief that there’s more than enough to go around, and you have it all.

Give because God gives to you as you make a life today. And maybe, just maybe your grave marker will read "What I gave, I have."

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