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The world will be different…

 

We are called to be world changers, not world chasers.

 

I was touched by the tribute to a dear lady who recently breathed her last on this earth:

 

“The world will forever be different without Mary;
Just as the world is different because of Mary.”

 

This obviously was a tribute that Mary lived. It must have been woven into the fabric of her daily life. The remarkable thing about such a tribute is that it isn’t earned by being perfect, nor by conquering every battle. Such a tribute doesn’t require monumental or earth-shaking accomplishments, at least not the type that make the headlines. I think two words might have summarized Mary’s world-changing life: purpose and passion.

 

I think others saw Mary as a world-changer because she saw her life as having purpose. She had an identity given to her by her Heavenly Father, an identity that must have served as an anchor of faith and hope, a light that shined even into the darkness of pain and sorrow, even when there were no satisfactory answers to the “Why?” questions. Her sense of purpose must have permeated not only her marriage and family, but her friendships and work. I think seeing oneself as having one singular and integrated life is essential to the character and purpose of a world-changer. Life is too big to be compartmentalized into segregated components (my home life, my work life, my spiritual life, etc).

 

I suspect others also saw Mary as a world-changer because of the passion with which she lived her life. She invested herself, pouring herself into the hearts of others. She seemed to me to be totally vested in fighting the fight of her life, giving everything she had to live each day given her and to live it well. At the same time, I suspect she also came to be passionate about the heavenly rest that was waiting for her. It seems world-changers are able to balance these two perspectives, humbly submitting themselves to live with one foot on earth and the other in heaven. True world-changers are less concerned about doing “great things” for God and more focused on doing small things with greatness.

 

Today is not just one more day you are facing. It is not just another humdrum routine. Be a world-changer. Live out your purpose with passion.

 

The world should be different without – and because of – you.

 

“The mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” Luke 6:45