"You live and Die"........The wheels on the bus go round and round

Stayed in last night, just an ordinary Friday Night at the Moore house, payday, but already broke! I am sure that there are some who can relate! We scraped up enough money to rent a movie that I have been wanting to see ever since it released a few months ago. We rented The Bucket List. If you have not seen this movie it is a great one to sit down and watch. It stars Jack Nickelson, and Morgan Freeman. Not going to give the whole story away, because I hate when people do that, so I will not subject you to the story line before having had the chance to view it. Basically two terminally ill cancer patients who create a list of adventures and things that they would like to accomplish before they die. This movie caused me to take a look, at my own personal life, I have been doing this a lot of this lately, just trying to figure out what life is really all about. Not that I am planning to go anywhere, but the word that is in my heart is the word legacy. What does legacy mean? I consulted with my friend Webster to find out what the word legacy means, it is simply something that is handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor. Interesting! This movie had a a lot to say about relationships. Basically it showed two different legacy that were going on in these two mens life. Nickelson played a billionair who had everything, but what I feel is the most precious relationship that God grants us, He did not have a family. He had a daughter that he had a falling out with several years in the past, and the daughter just went on as if her dad had died. Freeman was a middle class mechanic who had it all. He had the love of his family. As I sat and watched this story unfold I began to think about my legacy, and scripture is real clear about what gaineth a man to gain the whole world but loose his soul. So as I sit here this eve before Fathers Day, I ask the question to you and to myself? Guys what legacy are we creating for our family's? Are we building strong relationships with our spouses, our children, so that when it comes our time to retire to the Fathers keeping, that we have done our best to provide everything that our families need for their well being? Man what a temperature check for me. I want so much for my son to be able to look at me and say dad I know you did the best you could do for me and mom. Nickelson in this movie has a line in it that I just loved and that is the title of this blog, You live and then you die......and the wheels on the bus go round and round. So if the wheels keep turnin, life keeps happnen, what am I doing to seize the moment? God my prayer is that you will continue to make me the, husband, the father, the leader that you desire for me to be, and in that in this prayer you will allow me to leave a legacy that will be overflowing with blessings upon blessings not only for my family, but for those who I am privileged to call friend!