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The "M" month The “M” ” month “May” also features a couple of other “M-days,” namely Mother’s Day and Memorial Day. A godly mother is one of the best gifts of God. We do well to honor our mothers and thank God for them. On or before Memorial Day we customarily visit the graves of our loved ones and place flowers or wreathes in their memory. We also take time to give God thanks for those who have given their lives in defense of our freedom. Some tombstones have inscriptions on them. Those include such messages as dear mother, father, child, grandfather or grandmother. Obituaries for our loved ones normally include references to things that were so special to us. That raises an interesting question: How would you like to be remembered by your loved ones? The eighth Biblical Stewardship Principle states that God’s stewards live with an awareness of the present and future, of time and eternity. This means that God’s stewards live intentionally in the light of God’s eternal purpose while being firmly committed to His rule in the here and now. Now, what does that mean? It means that we as Christian stewards can remember that we are involved in something bigger than life and encourage other stewards to also remember that there are eternal dimensions involved with all we decide to do or not do. It is special to be able to rejoice in knowing that what we do now can have lasting benefits. As a result, we are encouraged to remember that we are not to be so intent on the here and now that we neglect the possibilities for extending the kingdom after our death or to become so intent on plans for the future that the possibilities for extending the kingdom here and now are neglected. What would you like to have included in your obituary? Wouldn’t it be something that indicates how important your life was to someone else, especially family and friends? How about this one from Revelation 14:13: Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow [with] them.” What we do right now does make an eternal difference. So we do well to heed our Lord’s counsel to “work while it is day before the night comes when no one can work.” (John 9:4). What an encouragement to know that what we do now is an investment in something eternal. It’s just another reminder that God’s stewards do the right things for the right reasons and strive for excellence in all they do. From “StewardCAST” www.lcms.org
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