Summary: Remembering Dr. David H. Foster Cliff’s mentor and encourager, Dr. David H. Foster, a pastor in Nashville, TN, passed away. He preached the last sermon in a series, “Six People You’ll Meet on the Way to Heaven”, Sunday morning, was so energized he skipped lunch and went for a seven mile run, spent the rest of the afternoon with family, went to bed about eight PM and was found the next morning by his wife. Dr. Foster was a very giving man. He had been on a few of Cliff’s podcasts before and was scheduled to have a podcast with Cliff recorded in the Foster home next weekend. Dr. Foster said it is not what you do, say or have, but how you make people feel that they will remember when you’re gone. Cliff was honored to have this man of influence support him and encourage him. Cliff said one thought that came to him when he learned of Dr. Foster’s death, was “who can he turn to now”. He said that was a little silly because the answer is obviously – God. What Is Your Legacy? Tracy asked Cliff what the strongest thing Dr. Foster left with Cliff. Cliff said it would be the knowledge that God loves him, what he does is important and that what he does matters, but mostly that God loves him. We need to live our lives to influence others positively; to live our lives as an example for others. What legacy are we going to leave behind? We need to help others reach their goals and obtain their success/happiness to be truly happy ourselves. Life is not about us, it’s about those around us. Living in the Now So many people are not enjoying life today because they are living / looking forward to the future. If they only had a bigger house, a new car, the next great gadget then they’d be happy, but when they obtain that goal, they still aren’t happy because they have moved on to the next great goal in their lives. They need to be happy with what they have today as well as plan for the future. They need to stop and enjoy their life. Cliff struggles with busy work to keep up to where he is today. He is happy with his life, but still struggles with not working as much as possible. Tracy too often feels guilty if he’s not working. He is currently in Florida on a family vacation and although he feels guilty if he’s not working, he promised his family he would work as little as possible. Sometimes we worry about keeping income coming in. Worry is believing the worst will happen and faith is believing the best will happen. If you focus on the positive, your life will be more positive. Worry is fear and we need to conquer the fear. Do You Trust God to Step Out? Cliff told of a man, George Mueller, that wanted to be a missionary to poor Russians. He had training upon training, but still was told he wasn’t ready to do God’s work. He finally decided he was going to trust God. He had no source of income, but he journaled his life as he went about doing what he felt led to do and it was amazing how money continued to show up as needed. One story tells about how now he builds multi-million dollar orphanages, but in the beginning, he had opened an orphanage and was completely out of food and had no money to buy any. He asked the orphans to come sit at the table and pray. While they were praying, a bakery truck broke down and needed to give away the bread so it wouldn’t spoil. God provided exactly what was needed. He will do the same for us. Things to remember Live your life as an example to others. Life is not about us, but those around us. God loves YOU! Question for Listeners What challenges do you face in living in the moment? What do you want your legacy to be? Leave a comment below or contact us using one of the methods below and let us know. Contact Cliff and Tracy Cliff can be reached at – Send Email • twitter.com/GSPN • 859-795-4067 Tracy can be reached at – Send Email • twitter.com/tracyjtrost • facebook.com/DirectorTracyJTrost
