Opus 2025-492: Forgotten but Not Gone

Who? How often have you been asked that question when you mentioned someone that you thought would be remembered forever?  There are so many people who have left a big footprint behind them and yet the sands of time tend to fill in the footprint.  In spite of that their influence still continues.

I think of people like Jim Dobson, John MacArthur, Rush Limbaugh, and others who have passed away recently.  Who?  I think of Alistair Begg who just retired.  Who?  History is full of people who during their lifetime made a big splash and left a meaningful legacy.  We benefit from their legacy without knowing their names.  To that list we would add Charlie Kirk.

I remember when my father died.  He was a blue collar worker in construction.  He wore a white shirt on Sunday but you knew it was not his natural state.  Most people would not give him a second thought but I wondered why the world kept going after he died.  He made an impact.  He left four healthy, responsible, God-fearing sons to carry on.  He touched the lives of other people who lived below the radar.

The contribution we make to the world is not measured in how many headlines we get.  It is measured in how many lives we touched and how they pass that touch on.  If you are faithful then the results will linger.

homo unius libri