Bucket Legacy List (part 5)

5. Start a blessing book or gratitude journal.

Many people enjoy scrapbooking with the idea of leaving behind a book of memories for their family and loved ones. Consider starting a blessing book in which you record daily blessings God provided, answers to prayer, things you had hoped and prayed about and then how you saw God come through. Can you imagine how wonderful that would be for somebody else to read after you’re gone? They would get a glimpse into your heart of gratitude, your prayer life, and a heart set on things above. Perhaps they’d even be inspired to start a blessing book or prayer journal of their own.

Published Nov 11, 2025

Revelation 21:5-8

5 The one sitting on the throne said, “I am making everything new.” He said, “Write this: ‘These words are faithful and true.’ ” 6 He said to me, “It has happened! I am the A and the Z,[a] the beginning and the end. I will give a drink from the fountain filled with the water of life to anyone who is thirsty. It won’t cost anything. 7 Everyone who wins the victory will inherit these things. I will be their God, and they will be my children. 8 But cowardly, unfaithful, and detestable people, murderers, sexual sinners, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 21:5–8 describes God declaring the renewal of all things, promising life to the faithful, and warning that the unrepentant will face the “second death” in the lake of fire.

Full Passage (NIV)

“He who was seated on the throne said, ‘I am making everything new!’ Then he said, ‘Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.’
He said to me: ‘It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.
Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.’”
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Key Themes

1. God’s Renewal of Creation

God declares that He is “making everything new,” signaling the restoration of creation and the end of suffering. BibleGateway.com

2. God’s Identity and Authority

He identifies Himself as the Alpha and Omega—the beginning and the end—affirming His eternal sovereignty. BibleGateway.com

3. Promise to the Faithful

Those who overcome will inherit the blessings of the new creation and be called God’s children. BibleGateway.com

4. Warning of Judgment

A list of unrepentant behaviors is given, and those who persist in them face the “second death,” described as the lake of fire. BibleGateway.com

This passage emphasizes both the hope of renewal for the faithful and the finality of judgment for the unrepentant.

Thanks for coming by today, Friends. I pray that you have found the hope in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, that one day will make all things new again.