What Do You Stand For?

Have you ever thought about what it is you stand for? Do you make a concious effort to make a difference in those areas you stand for? DO your values, morals, activities, what comes out of your mouth reflect that?
I have recently begun after 4 years started to walk again which by all counts is only something God can do. My athiest dr even (in not so many words) and though never used the word "God" says so and I wholeheartedly agree)

The fact that I can walk has got me thinking in terms of my life...what do I stand for? The first thing that comes to mind is that my first and foremost desire is to stand for my Creator and my purpose for life...Jesus Christ. Without Him I am truly nothing...my life means nothing, my life will not mean anything in terms of my legacy and what I leave behind when God calls me Home, and my life will have no meaning to me. I will wander around aimlessly, meandering with no purpose or sense of direction. This I do not want in any way shape or form. I want to have an effect on this world that seems to be crumbling, succumbing to destruction aka selfishness, greed and denial of all truth. There also is the fact that for some all truth is truth as they see it. that is there is no 'wrong' or the possibility that Gods truth is the only truth. A sad but true problem with society today. I also want to have an effect that continues to have a ripple effect for generations to come. I hope that what I teach and influence in my children passes on to the world at large. My hope is that of all believers---that God will be satsified with my work here, the purposes He sent me here to fufill in the first place.


I hope that people who know me see Jesus in me---I know Im not perfect but in the whole picture they see that I stand for Him, work for Him, love Him deeply.


I do have other things I stand for...I stand against child abuse, starving and those in poverty, pedophilia, abuse of the environment as I myself learn to take care of it, and I do whatever I can to stand against animal neglect and abuse. However, as I write I realize I need to do more to reflect such a stance. Believing in something or being against it is not enough to make a difference. There is more to do and definitely I need to participate in organizations and groups who are of alike mindsets. I vow to do that from here on out. Otherwise, I am one of many who say they stand for something and yet sit as I did for 4 years and standby as children are abused, people starve and are without the neccesities of life, pedophiles steal childrens innocence and purity, leaving them effected to look at the world completely different, askew and damaged. There are animals who starve and live in horrid conditions, animals needlessly euthanized but for "overpopulation" and lack of room.

I will close with this: Choose what you stand for, take the time to make sure your life represents and reflects what it is we stand for. Then take the steps to stamp an imprint in those areas so n ear to your heart, your purposes, that you will be known for the things you did. And as a result, more impotantly who you are, and in time who you were in years to come.