Mark is in the blog-o-sphere, and after reading his post about history and the lessons that come with it, I started thinking. At church last Sunday (I've started going to Buckhead Church for now; that's another blog) the pastor challenged everybody by asking this question:
"Where do you see yourself at age 40?”
He went on to say that the answer to this can be boiled down to two answers:
1. I want to have _____________ (a high paying job, a wife/husband, kids, a house, etc).
2. I want to be _______________ (a kingdom minded boss, a devoted and God fearing husband/father, etc).
I'm prone to answer it like #1, but I want to be able to answer like #2. So I've decided to do a character study on somebody who, from what I've found out so far, lived #2. I started reading 1776 by David McCullough, who also contributed a great amount to the HBO series John Adams (which is awesome!). I'll keep you updated on my findings.
4 comments:
Matt! Such devotion! Such encouragement! Nothing makes me feel more important and loved than being Hartsfield. No kidding.
You da best, Matt. Thanks for the shout out.
I was at the same service. Maybe we should discuss this. :) I loved that sermon- thought Jeff was really good.
What do those of us who are 40 do? What questions do we ask ourselves? Do we do a retrospect, or push it out another 20?
You should just come over and watch Mike.
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