Saturday, February 3, 2007

1 Good Idea a Day

I had a great idea today. Started to post it... then felt vulneralbe, what if someone thought it was a stupid idea? What if someone "steals" my idea? Maybe I'll just keep my ideas to myself! The problem with that is you never get to tell anyone about the sweet idea. A pretty lonely way to live.

I went on bike ride this morning through Laguna Beach, up Neport Coast and then down into Corona Del Mar. My riding partner is a real estate expert and as we cruised the coast of Corona Del Mar, he pointed to a house planted on the bluff and said, "The asking price on that house is 75 million dollars!" I immediately started thinking of all the things we could do around the church with a cool $75- mil. Then it hit me, the house is just one way of showing off someone's 'great" idea. Maybe the owners, possibly their parents or grandparents. But someone, somewhere, had a great idea that generated that money. The idea may have gone the way of the slinky, the hoola hoop or the model T, but the money remains and the stuff it purchased is someone's legacy.

What's your legacy today? Is it locked up in a house, a car, a great idea that you've never told anyone? Or have you decided to leave your legacy with The Lord. Our relationship with God is the only lasting legacy we can have. All the rest falter, fade and fail us... even if they're worth $75- million. Our Father paid so much more than that to purchase our salvation. It's more than a good idea to get our heart straight with God. It's The Only idea that matters at the end of the day.

blessings

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