Soul Snack 96/12 ... Photo Albums of the Heart.#

Life is about legacies, what is left behind.

Different seasons will always lead to the deposits of different legacies. Each season needs to be sown well so that what remains behind is healthy after that season has closed. I can find no measuring tool that better weighs a legacy than love. The greater the love, the greater the loss, but also the greater the legacy.

Legacies are not calculated by estate size or by church pews filled at funerals but rather photo albums imprinted upon hearts.

The most enduring and therefore the most important season is entered after all of life's seasons have expired; when the human slapping of a bottom is replaced by the divine snatching of breath. Death is God's retrieval mechanism for those who belong to Him.

Precious in the sight of the Lord is death of His saints. (Ps 116:15)

When a loved one dies their death is even more precious to God than it is to those who lost their loved one.

All things in life must end - the good things and the bad things; so that each person who belongs to Jesus may arrive at the place where bad things no longer start and good things no longer end.

Today's Soul Snippet:

God's love is as endless as He is eternal.

#This was written in the context of a eulogy for a most recent family loss.