I just went to a conference in Atlanta called Passion. While I was there, the speaker, Louie Giglio, asked the same question that Professor DeBorde asked us today: “What mark do you want to leave behind?” My answer is, I do not really know what mark I want to leave behind.
The basic “Christian” answer is that I want people to remember me as someone who followed after Christ whole-heartedly and who’s first priority was to love His people just as He has loved me. I would like everyone who I come in contact with to be affected in some way. And that when I pass, they can say, “She pushed me and challenged me in who I am and in my relationship with Christ.” I want to be the one who asked the hard questions but did it in a loving way.
I guess I want my mark to be one that continues long after I am gone. Just as Emily Dickinson’s poems are still being read by generations, I would like my life to have the same impact. In that, generations after me are thinking, questioning, pushing and living out their faith. Kind of like the domino effect.
