Do you understand the concept of legacy? Have you ever received one? The heirs of someone who dies, typically their descendants, get their financial resources through inheritance. Have you ever received such a gift? Yet the concept of legacy is so much more than money. What else have others left behind that you have benefitted from? What have others invested in your life in a non-monetary way? What encouragement and character development do you realize came from without? You don’t have to die to pass on a legacy. In fact, the best parts of it can only be done while you are alive.

Are you familiar with the peace that surpasses understanding? Have you experienced it? Do you prefer a serene and comfortable life that is stable and predictable? If you are able to live such a life you should be at peace but this would be a reasonable consequence of such a life so it does not surpass understanding. If you live a life that involves affliction, and instability, and is unpredictable and you still experience peace then you can claim that it surpasses understanding, because it would be unexpected. Are you willing to live such a life to experience this type of peace?

Have you ever attended a meeting run by parliamentary rules? Business is conducted by the resolution of motions considered. A motion must have a second before it can be considered, otherwise it dies for the want of a second. The second does not alter the motion presented, it just affirms it. How do you view your life of prayer? Do you prefer to introduce your own motions or second motions that I have made? Is it important to you to pray according to my will?

You go to the store and expect to pay a price for the goods you buy. You consider your purchases and get those things that you value more than the money in your pocket. Are there other things for which you pay a price? Do you have an urge to belong? This is common to all people. Do you realize that belonging comes at a price? Any group that you would join requires accommodation to their values. So the same concept of benefit for cost is present in your associations as well as your purchases. Are you getting real community and acceptance in the places you belong?