Offered as a prayer -  

Give us true ambition—ambition to find our greatness in serving others, and the ambition to put into life more than we take out.

— William Barclay

My parents always said as we hiked, visited parks or most anywhere to always leave a place better than we found it…. Often this found us picking up trash left by less careful trekkers, but we saw it not only as a duty, but a delight to make the area more beautiful.  

 

In this “true ambition” we are to understand that it really is the only eternal thing we have to offer this world – and as believers – we are not home, but only here for a short while until we go home to be with our Heavenly Father.  I believe we are to "leave this place in better shape than we found it."  Hopefully - at least in our "neck of the woods," we will leave it more beautiful - marked by greater faith, hope and love because of how we have walked in faith, shared our hope and lived out our love.

 

"In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you."

— John 14:2

I’m so grateful God is in control and preparing our way.  Now go out and change your world!  You can do it – one smile, act of kindness, or
conversation at a time.  ENJOY!