Your Life Story is Priceless and will Only Grow in Value with the Passing of time
There was a time when only the rich or famous had an autobiography created of their life story, but this has now changed with the creation of The Gift of a Lifetime. Now, you too can have your autobiography recorded and preserved in a book. But you say, “That is all well and appropriate for the rich and famous, but my story has no value or importance.” If you believe this then you are drastically undervaluing your worth. No matter how insignificant you may think your life is, your life story is truly precious and will be priceless to your family, your children, their children, and their children’s children, growing in value as time goes on. Even if you were to be so unfortunate to not have a family, there are those who will feel blessed to be the keeper of your story and to pass your life storybook down to their posterity.
Your memories are kind of like the fingerprints of your mind. Just as God gave you a set of fingerprints unlike those of anyone else, God also created events, circumstances, and happenings in your life that when coupled with your free choice, produced reactions and experiences unlike those of anyone else. Your memories are a result of those experiences and your collective memories provide a picture of who you are as that individual, one of a kind personality. Your life story is unlike any other life story that ever was or ever will be and that makes you a person unlike any other that ever was or ever will be.
The era in which you have lived, also makes you different from those persons from other generations. The time or era in which you have been brought up and so intensely lived, has been a great influence in the development of your personality and character traits, such as your principles, your values, your honesty, your ethics, your code of honor, your conduct, and basic morality. Your character traits that are revealed in the writings of your true life experiences, will further add to the legacy that will be a blessing to your loved ones and posterity. Your life story is truly of great value and will be for all generations yet to come.
As you answer the story development questions in
your storybook, you will be writing your life story and personal testimony that will be recorded and permanently preserved in
your life storybook, The Gift of a Lifetime, for your loved ones to read and remember always. Through your life storybook,
as a family history heirloom, you will have the opportunity to “live forever” in the hearts and minds of your loved ones and posterity. The
story of your life will be passed on and on, as your personal legacy to your descendants through all generations yet to
come.
"When an Old Person Dies, a Library Burns"
I remember reading somewhere that an old African proverb states, “When an old person dies, a library burns.” The Gift of a Lifetime is designed to record, display, and preserve that library of knowledge and life experiences that are held in the minds and hearts of our elderly. Even though we know that the library in every case will eventually burn, posterity will have the record of a precious and unique lifetime that will live on, so that our loved ones will never lose that hard earned library of experiences and knowledge.
Another old saying that comes to mind is, "A person is never dead until they are
forgotten." Through the writing and preservation of your life story you have the opportunity to never be forgotten and to live
forever through the pages of your autobiography storybook. The Gift of a Lifetime will become your record library, about your
lifetime. And this priceless personal storybook will become a treasured family history heirloom to be enjoyed forever by your loved
ones and posterity.
Showing the Value of a Lifetime of Experience
With the creation of The Gift of a Lifetime, for use in all households, we hope to encourage the drawing together of the elderly with their families. We hope to accomplish this by making the youth of our families aware of the great respect that should accompany the unique worth and storehouse of knowledge that comes from many years of trial-and-error experiences of the senior members of a family.
I read recently, that our society today values youthfulness over wisdom and potential contributions by the elderly are often ignored.
As caring adults, and especially as Christians, we should reverse those values wherever we can and encourage older people to share
their wisdom and experience with the young. We should teach our youth to listen carefully when their senior family members speak and
whenever possible, provide them with The Gift of a Lifetime, to record and preserve their valuable experiences and lessons in life
for posterity.
The Joy of Writing Your Life Storybook
And oh yes, did I tell
you how much pleasure you shall receive from the writing of your life story in The Gift of a Lifetime? While writing your
life story, you will receive a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction in the creation of an historical family heirloom for
your loved ones that has the potential to live forever. You will fill many, what would otherwise be empty hours, with warm, nostalgic,
creative, and productive hours of remembering and reliving the adventures of your life, as you develop and preserve the story of your
lifetime. While you are developing your storybook, you can also enjoy many fun filled hours of sharing the memories of your experiences
and personal history with loved ones and others around you. And to top it all off, when all is done, you will have the pride
and satisfaction of knowing that you have created an heirloom work of art and legacy of your unique life experiences in The Gift of
a Lifetime. Your gift, of your lifetime, is a gift that will live forever in the hearts and minds of your loved ones and posterity.
Leaving a Family Legacy as a Christian
Although The Gift of a Lifetime was
designed for anyone who would wish to write and preserve their life story for any of many valid reasons, a Christian
user author will find even greater significance in the writing and preservation of their life story.
As you progress through the memories of your life experiences, in the development of your storybook, you will be made to examine your life closer, and become more keenly aware of what you did right and what you did wrong, as you lived your life of trial and error and learned that every action has a consequence. These hard gained life lessons are exactly what your loved ones should know about. Since you have already become a Christian, you have already shown that all that has happened in your life has all been purposefully for your ultimate good, in the building of your eternal character. Who you were, and who you have grown in Christ to become, is what should be preserved and passed on to your loved ones. It is the real you, with all of your human faults and frailties, overcoming life through your faith and trust in the LORD.
We as Christians have a duty to leave a legacy of truth in family history, tradition, culture, morality, and spiritual heritage to our descendants and posterity. You are aware that our children and grandchildren learn how to live their lives, in large part, by watching and listening to others, and especially to us, as we live our everyday lives. Our example is very powerful in the progression of their personal development and we all have truths in our life stories that could benefit those who follow behind us.
The story of our life experiences, as recorded in The Gift of a Lifetime, can provide solid ground upon which our children and grandchildren can base their lives. Otherwise their character building will be left to a baseless and groundless self-indulgent world of "if-it-feels-good-do-it" secular teachings.
Through our life story, they will have the opportunity to be soundly influenced as they see, hear, and read about the real life experiences that changed and defined our life and made us who we have become as Christians. Our present and even distant descendants will be able to identify with real life stories, from real life relatives with their real life experiences. And our descendants will have the opportunity to learn from the mistakes and the successes of those who came before them.
As Christians, we rely heavily on growing our faith and spiritual character, through the trials and blessed life-connected experiences with our living God. We also grow spiritually, by reading and learning about who God is through His Word, which is His storybook of the experiences of real life people and the lessons that we can learn from them. The Bible is full of real life stories about the experiences of real life people. JESUS also taught most of his lessons, based on life situation stories that people could relate to personally.
With The Gift of a Lifetime, that same method of teaching is available through real life stories in which your loved ones can identify with and relate to personally. Through your preserved life story, your loved ones can, in a like manner, grow their faith by reading about your true-life stories, and seeing how their loved one or real life relative lived their life. They will see, know, and remember how God influenced and positively impacted your life for your good.
Then your life story, as recorded and preserved in your heirloom
storybook, will be your precious legacy gift to your children, grandchildren, and loved ones, to be relived and remembered
forever within their hearts.
An Historical Marker to God
As Christians, we have at one time in our life made the decision to come to Christ and trust Him for our guidance and comfort in this world and as our Savior for eternity. Some of us have come to Christ early as a child, some have transitioned slowly to God’s care, and yet others have come to Christ out of dramatic or traumatic trials and adversity. Whichever way you came to Christ, you have a story to tell of your conversion and your walk with God. Your life stories, when written down or told to others, become a true testimonials of a wonderful God and His great workings in your life.
Psalms 78:4-7 “We will not hide
them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done. He
decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in
From the earliest pages of recorded history in our Bible, God’s people were commanded to create historical markers in the form of alters in remembrance of great works of God. Every time a person would pass by one of those alters, they would be reminded of the great works of God, and they would glorify Him. Likewise, when people pass through the pages of your life story, preserved in your legacy storybook, they too will be reminded of the great works of God.
Today, God still does great works in the lives of his people worthy of being remembered. God’s works in our life, both great miracles and small wonders, should be remembered and preserved for our loved ones and posterity. For example, the experience and circumstances surrounding our becoming saved, is one of the great works in our life that should not be trivialized or forgotten. Our loved ones should not miss these wonderful spiritual events in which God touched our lives.
God gave each one of us the gift of a lifetime
to be lived, a lifetime of experiences, for the opportunity of building our eternal character and preparing us for our life in
eternity. As this lifetime becomes a testimony to His goodness and greatness, it should be recorded for others to know and remember
for God’s glory. Each person who has come to Christ has had a miracle performed upon them by our LORD. Each recorded life story
of God touching one’s life is a potential memorial marker to remind us of God’s greatness, as He influenced our life and led us down
the path toward forever. Your testimony, recorded in your life storybook, The Gift of a Lifetime, will serve as your precious heirloom
gift to your loved ones and also as an historical marker recorded and offered as a memorial alter of everlasting praise to the glory
of God.
When You Purchase The Gift of a Lifetime, You Will Be Helping Others.
Your purchase of The Gift of
a Lifetime, through the Live Forever Program, will bring many added benefits to others as well as yourself. Here are just three major
benefits derived from your purchase of The Gift of a Lifetime as part of the Live Forever Program:
