I had the pleasure of hearing a sermon Wednesday night and it got me thinking. It was about purpose, and finding God's purpose for your life then acting on it. This really got me thinking, we often think about and focus all of our energy on the grand purpose for our lives. The one thing, the one ministry that God put us on the earth to fulfill. It's true, we all have one of those, but lets be honest, it can get pretty exhausting focusing all of our energy on figuring it out. Not to mention while were focusing our energy on trying to find that one specific thing, how many other opportunities from the Lord are we missing? There is more he wants us to do than just one grand act or one area of ministry. Each day we are here isn't by chance or because we got lucky enough to be alive. We are here each day because God still wants each of us to be here. We are here because on this very day, no matter how bland or gloomy it may seem, on this day, God has something he wants us to do. Maybe its a random act of kindness, maybe its reaching out to someone. Maybe its volunteering and ministering through time, through words, maybe simply picking up a piece of trash everyone else has walked over caught someones eye and made them wonder why we did that. Then that wonder becomes curiosity and curiosity wants answers which perhaps was the seed for someone else to tell them about the Lord even if we didn't get that chance, all we did was plant a seed with a small action. Our small actions can cause the biggest reactions. So I challenge you today, keep in the back of your mind what God's grand purpose for your life is, but don't let it get in the way of your completion of his purpose for your life today. You are here because you are meant to be here. What is God telling you your purpose is today? What is he asking you to do for him in this moment? In the hour? In the short 24 hours your given today, what is the reason God has given those to you?
Often times when you think about "love", where does your mind go? For some of us it might be the love shared between a couple or a family, friends etc. Rarely however do we think about ourselves. The world can feel like its spinning a million miles an hour, I know mine is. We spend so much time making sure everyone else is okay that we often times neglect ourselves. We love everyone and try to make sure they know that, but what about making sure we know we love ourselves? That were happy with who we are? You may be thinking I've gone crazy right now trying to tell you to love yourself lol. I'm serious though, we are our biggest critics and I feel like we spend so much time critiquing ourselves that we forget to be happy with who we are. We tend to excuse mistakes of ones we care about, as we should but then we dwell on our own mistakes and let them tear us apart. We need to show ourselves the compassion we show others and we need to be comfortable with who we are as ...
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