Legacy – Proverbs from the 2012 Intensive – Volume VIII

January 2, 2013 — 4 Comments

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leg·a·cy/ˈlegəsē/ n. what is handed down from one generation to another.

Your legacy lies within your family, not your work.  God gave you your wife to complete you. Listen to her. She hears God’s voice too. – Jim (CEO, large energy company)

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  • ezrasnyder

    Morgan, this is a profoundly freeing proverb when we embrace it. So much permission. Permission to say “no” to so many things and “yes” to our wives and kids. I have observed you living this in the past couple years – the freedom to choose family over everything else. It’s inspired me and I thank you for that.

    Heather and I home school our kids. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been praying about me teaching school for this next semester instead of her. And in part because of the idea you are talking about here, we started that on Monday.

    It was interesting to me that as we began praying about this idea, it felt like a gift. Three years ago it would have felt like a huge burden, a curse almost, destined to result in me not getting enough done and falling behind. But today it feels like a trajectory altering blessing. The chance to spend 3-4 hours a day, five days a week, for five months, with my kids. Not to mention the fact that blessing from the Father in organizing my life to make doing it a reality.

    This definition of legacy has been one of the most compelling things you’ve led me into.

    -Ezra

    • http://www.becomegoodsoil.com/ Morgan Snyder

      Ezra, that is awesome. When Jim shared that counsel with us last June it was an eternal moment. Utter timeless. I felt like the spirit through the Father was validating something we have grown to know but be true but are just starting to walk in. The fruit for me has been rich as well. I agree with your explanation. Many moments that felt like a burden, a divided heart. Now I realize are the frontier for my masculinity, right before my eyes. Today, Joshua and I are putting screws in the snow boots and “sledding” on ice in a drainage behind the houseŠ Good times. You will look back on those 3-4 hours as a man looks upon a magnificent tree with massive branches to climb and roots that run deepŠ -m

  • Brian Blanchard

    Morgan just what I needed to hear just now as I prepare to go back to work after vacation. God also had been speaking to me “family first”, but this really helped it sink in.

    Thanks,

    Brian Blanchard

    • http://www.becomegoodsoil.com/ Morgan Snyder

      Yes. The Father is always calling us into frontier. Making these choices daily will expose amazing opportunities in you to walk away from the false self and to grow as a son. -m