Category: "Personal Development"
==================================I want to die empty. I mean, I want to die completely empty.
Why that look? I hear someone asking, "what is wrong with him, is he going gaga, why is he talking of death now?."
The truth is that death is a soup everyone must taste someday. We are all on courier services. We came to deliver one package or the other to humanity.
In as much as we pray for long life we shouldn't forget the fact that we must stand before God someday to give account on how we spent our lives.
The issue is, do you want to die empty or loaded?
As for me, I want to die empty.
Erma Louise Bombeck was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper column. She published 15books, most of which became bestsellers.
Erma wrote over 4000 newspaper columns, using eloquent humour. By 1970s, her columns were read twice weekly by 30 million readers in U.S and Canada.
She was interviewed and was asked her greatest desire. She responded, "when I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me."
What are you doing with what God gave you? You are a courier agent sent to deliver that package.
Are you being that good teacher you were sent to be?
Are you being that good singer were sent to be?
Are you being that good coach you were sent to be?
Are you being that good leader you were sent to be?
Are you being that good example and motivator you were sent to be?
Are you delivering that message and package you were sent to deliver?
Or, do you want to stand before God with the package He sent you to deliver?
No wonder Les Brown said, "the graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is there that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problems, or determined to carry out their dreams.
I want to die empty so that when I stand before God at the end of my life I would tell Him I used all the talents you gave me to solve the problems you sent me to solve.
I want to die empty so that when I stand before God at the end of my life, I would say, I used every bit of the talents you gave me to write the books you sent me to write.
I want to die empty so that when I stand before God at the end of my life, I would point down to the earth and say I used the talents you gave me to teach that great teacher, that super engineer, that wonderful doctor, that lovely pastor, that excellent writer, that dedicated business tycoon.
I want to die completely empty, without a single bit of talent left in me.
I am a courier agent I must deliver the message and package I was sent to deliver.
What about you? Do you want to join the camp of those enriching the graveyard?
God forbid!
There is great punishment awaiting those that will die loaded. Start to offload those talents in you.
Start today, start now!
