Pastor Ron continued his sermon series from Ephesians 5: 14 - 17, as he preached a message inspired from Steve Malone's series on "One Month to Live." Yesterday's message was entitled Living the Dash!" Every tombstone has a birth-date and a death date, separated by a dash. The dash represents our lives. What we do in the dash of life determines where we will spend eternity.
Malone mentions 4 universal principles that Christ has given us to live by. He taught us to:
1. Live Passionately
2. Love Completely
3. Live Humbly
4. Lead Boldly
Aaron Wilburn tells the story of a man who was given the strangest name by his parents at his birth. They named him, Odd. The man hated his name. He was always the object of laughter and scorn because of his unusual name. People would make fun of him for being Odd. After many years of enduring this kind of ridicule, he became ill and was facing certain death. He called his family to his bed-side and expressed his love for each one of them. Then, he instructed his wife and children, that when he passed away, he did want his name to be listed on his tombstone. He just wanted the date of his birth and the date of his death listed. And sure enough, when he passed away his family followed his wishes. The place for his name was left blank on the headstone and only the dates of his birth and death are listed. And to this day, whenever people pass by his tombstone and see the empty name plate, they will stop and remark, "Isn't that Odd!"
How are you living the dash in your life?
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