Measure

"The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation."
Corrie Ten Boom

How do I measure my life?  What is my standard of a life well lived?  What do I hope to lay at the feet of my Savior and hear Him say, "Well done, good and faithful servant." ? 

I hope that whenever this life is lived and I take my final breath, that the measure will be love, generosity, having done for the least of these, having faithfully obeyed all that He asked of me.

I've got a long way to go.  I've got to lay aside so many other things that compete to be the measure; things that keep me awake at night and in the end won't matter.

May the measure and focus of our lives be on donation, not duration or accumulation.