I Want to Live Like That - In Memory of a Godly Man

We all think about it from time to time.....what will our funeral service be like?  What will people say about us when we are gone?  Will our loved ones remember more good than bad about us? 

 I'm thinking about this today because my husband's boss, Tim Benners, was tragically killed yesterday morning, on his way to work, in a motorcycle accident.  He was also my brother, Brad's boss, and very close friend, for 2 years.  I never got to meet Tim, but everything my husband and my brother has said about him has been good.....more than good, actually.  It's not only that he was a good guy, a nice guy, a funny guy, a good friend, a spiritual mentor.....he was a Godly man.  A Godly man.  Right now, I can't think of any higher compliment from someone on earth.  A Godly man....someone who is like God. 

One of my husband's favorite quotes is this: "We may be the only Bible some people will ever read". 

I'm reminded of this song:

Sometimes I think
What will people say of me
When I'm only just a memory
When I'm home where my soul belongs

Was I love
When no one else would show up
Was I Jesus to the least of those
Was my worship more than just a song

I want to live like that
And give it all I have
So that everything I say and do
Points to You

If love is who I am
Then this is where I'll stand
Recklessly abandoned
Never holding back

I want to live like that
I want to live like that

Am I proof
That You are who you say You are
That grace can really change a heart
Do I live like Your love is true

People pass
And even if they don't know my name
Is there evidence that I've been changed
When they see me, do they see You

I want to live like that
And give it all I have
So that everything I say and do
Points to You

If love is who I am
Then this is where I'll stand
Recklessly abandoned
Never holding back

I want to live like that
I want to live like that

I want to show the world the love You gave for me
I'm longing for the world to know the glory of the King I want to live like that
And give it all I have
So that everything I say and do
Points to You

If love is who I am
Then this is where I'll stand
Recklessly abandoned
Never holding back

I want to live like that
I want to live like that

Thank you, Tim, for the Godly example you set while you were here on this earth.  May you rest in peace.  For Tim's wife, Wendy, and the rest of your family, please know that Mike and I are praying for each of you.

Even though I never met Tim Benners, his life, and his death, has had an impact on me, simply because of what others have said about him when he passed away.  The testimony he left behind makes me want to strive harder to be Godly....not because I care so much about what people will say about me when God calls me home, but because I want to be an accurate account of the only Bible some people will ever read.