Last week was very hectic and I didn't get around to blogging! Sorry!
This week started out yesterday with a lot on my mind. How many people go through each day as a routine? Do we just do things out of habit? Do we even find our days fulfilling? It is so sad to see people just basically living day to day with out purpose. We all have a purpose in life; the real challenge in life is to find out what our daily purpose is. Mothers find their purpose mostly taking care of their children and household tasks. Career people find their fulfillment in the tasks before them each day at work. Some men and women find their fulfillment/purpose in working out at the gym. Still others find gratification in helping others! What a way to find contentment; looking out for the needs of others. I know some people, especially people raising other peoples children find satisfaction in just being there for these precious little ones. I have some family(friends) who are foster parents; how loving they are to open their home to children in need. Over the years they have had numerous babies/children/teens needing a loving home to live. Suzie and Doug have overlooked their own needs and have extended God's love to so many. What would happen to the children out there that are in need of a foster home without people like this? I also think of all the people who help with the homeless shelters. The tireless hours that go into working at these shelters are sometimes overlooked by many. And then what of family raising children of family members. We had friends who ended up adopting a child of a family member who found herself pregnant as a teen. What love abounds in people's hearts to extend the open arms necessary to do this! In each of these situations, people have found the purpose in their lives to show God's love to others in need.
But what about you? Have you found your purpose? Each of us have a purpose in our daily lives to extend themselves to others. Some are able to implement hospitality to others more openly than others. How are you for being open to your purpose? As a parent do you put your child's needs before yours? I have know some parents being so selfish that their children are left without. They are without the basics; but, also lacking love and the nurturing that only a parent can give. Parents do not realize the trust that God has given them with their children. We are not to be selfish, but to extend ourselves openly to our children. I know in raising our 3 children, there were times that I wanted certain things; but my kids always came first. Does that mean spoiling them? NO! But it does mean putting their needs before your own. So, many today have no idea on how to raise a child. Being a minister's wife, I have seen the selfishness of parents who will buy alcohol, drugs, high end fashionable clothing; the whole time the children do without. How wrong these parents are! Some may call me judging them, so be it! I have know children, when I drove a school bus for 28 years that got on the bus and no breakfast had been given to them. This is such a drop in the bucket compared to some stories I could share. But again, the parents that ignore the needs of their children will one day pay for their self-centered lifestyles.
Then there are wives and husbands that are so egotistical. Their only desire in life is to look out for number one - themselves! On the day of a marriage ceremony a covenant is formed between a man, a woman and God. And this is witnessed before family and friends! We are to love and to cherish,
comfort , honor, in sickness and in health, and
forsaking all others, keep yourself only
unto her/him, so long as you both shall live?
To
have and to hold from this day forward.
For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in
health; to love and to cherish- till death do us part. According to God’s Holy ordinance – and there
too, do I give thee my pledge.
How sad for so many to forget the promises they make on the day they are wed. Couples today feel it so easy to get into and out of marriage that they enter into this union without any real commitment.
We are to nourish each other; whether a spouse, children, family, friends or acquaintances. How much better would we find our purpose of life be if we all practiced this type of love. God's love!
Today, take an inventory of what you feel you need to work on in your life's purpose. If you've never opened a Bible, may I suggest you open it and read. You can start in the New Testament book of John. We all need to engage in working on bettering ourselves. And the best way is to allow God to work through our lives. Be the best you can be in demonstrating God's unconditional love today. You may find your purpose in life faster than you think! Some may say, well I can't get out among people...you can pray for them. Maybe if it's someone you know that needs a word of encouragement send them a nice note. The art of writing letters has gone out of style with the use of computers. Just work on the purpose that God has put into your life. You will find yourself happier than you've ever been!
Until tomorrow- Kathy
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