what’s your big bit?
Yesterday at the CU meeting at Queens, the speaker talked about his fascination with obituaries. He categorized an obituary into three sections: the early bit-about the beginning of life, the big bit-what the person will be remembered for, and the later bit-the later years of life. The speaker’s message was from Acts 9, which is the all-familiar story of Paul’s conversion of the road to Damascus. He talked about how that moment was Paul’s “big bit” moment, and he was remembered for everything he did from that moment until his death.
After the message, one of the CU leaders got up and told the group that the sister of two Queens students died on Saturday, at the age of 19. This girl has cystic fibrosis and was in need of a double lung transplant, which she never received. Before she died, the girl, Charlene, had a vision for helping other less fortunate than herself. She started something called Charlene’s Project, with the goal of raising £70,000 to build a new school building for children in Kampala, Uganda. Click here to go to her website, or watch this video.
While i’m sure this was unintentional on the part of the CU leadership, mostly because they couldn’t have predicted the girl’s unexpected death, the correlation between the message and this girl’s story really struck me. The speaker mentioned Paul’s “big bit” and how he is forever remembered for what he did. Charlene may have not lived a long life, but she will definitely be remembered for what she did for the children of Uganda. (Her project has already raised more than £100,000 and construction will begin on the school building soon.)
This made me think: when people are writing my obituary, or even just reflecting on my life, what am I going to be remembered for? Even if I don’t change the world or influence millions of people, I still want God to use me in ways that most glorify him. I don’t know where or how yet, but I do know that my spirit is willing.
So think about this. What is going to be your “big bit”?
I’m SO thankful that I get to experience this, and everything else, with you.