David Brainerd’s life reminds me that God does not measure impact by length of life. He lived from 1718–1747. His public ministry lasted only three years, yet God used those years to ignite a missionary fire that spread for centuries. He was orphaned young, burdened with loneliness and depression, expelled from Yale, and the list goes on, BUT God moved. Even after Brainerd’s death, Jonathan Edwards published his journal, and through it, Brainerd kept preaching to generations he never met. If you