famous in life and death

Charlton Heston passed away Saturday. It's interesting how people come and go in the movie industry, because they strive so hard throughout their life to be recognized and known. Once they die, if they're lucky enough, their death is recognized and then that is the end of that. Heston was 84 and seemed to have lived a pretty good life. I found out that he was closely connected with my university and had come here on several occasions to see our homecoming musicals. He also had given several scholarships for students.

In life we see people rise to fame and become one of the icons of our every day life. Eventually these pass away as well as the fans of them. This is the irony of fame when eventually we all die just the same.

This doesn't belittle the fact at all, however, that we should all strive to be the best that we can be in life. Whether we are a famous actor or simply clerk at a grocery store, we all should make each day's goal to be a pure reflection of the love of Christ. We should choose to have a good day every day. And most of all we should choose to live as if everyday is our last.