What drives my life? I can honestly say that I try to please everyone. Whether it is at work or at home, I want to make everyone happy. The truth is, you can't make everyone happy all of the time, and I know this but still keep on trying. It is time that I find the purpose that God has intended for my life.
The hardest point for me to grasp is that we should not work hard to be remembered, we should prepare for our eternity. How do we do that? By teaching Sunday school? Having a ministry, such as Alpha? Being a good media specialist? I have to look at my relationship with Jesus Christ and make sure that I have a personal relationship with Him. Sometimes this seems so difficult to do! When I am feeling really down or really angry, it is hard to stay focused on God and give Him thanks, but that is what I know I have to do. God is the reason I am here, and I have to thank Him and praise Him every day for it.
The second thing that I think Rick Warren is telling me is I have to use my talents, gifts, relationships etc. for the purposes that God has for me. Stop being selfish! Stop spending money on so many frivolous things!
I have a lot to learn and a lot to pray about. God Bless You all!
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I can relate to what you said, Theresa. I, too, strive to keep everyone happy. If there's a problem or a conflict, I take it upon myself to try to fix things.
ReplyDeleteLast night at our Wed. service, we talked about our gifts and using them for the Lord. Each of us needs to seek God to know what our gift(s)is - then we can use it for the Lord. I think that when we use our God-given gift, we will then change our life, those around us and untimately we'll impact our eternal life. As Rick Warren said in the book: The deeds of this life are the destiny of the next. I need to remember that every day!
What a journey we are on! God wants to be our pilot and planner - we just have to seek Him and follow His lead. God bless all of you!
All I have to say tonight, after reading chapter 4 again, is that I had better start preparing for eternity with God. Wow!
ReplyDeleteThe end of Chapter 3 really floored me because of God's desire for me to be more focused and purge the unnecessary things, but then Chapter 4.....Yikes!! I have soooo many things that I am constantly wrapped up in! Things that I feel are "proper" kinds of acceptable things! Quilting, crafting, gardening, biking, golfing, cross-county skiing, watching the Food Network! are just a few, but now when I think about how much time I put into doing these things compared to how much time I spend in prayer and bible study, I see what Rick Warren means! But how do we ever get to the place that we know what to keep and what to throw out? Chapter 3 says to compare our activities to 2 questions from God: "What did you do with my son Jesus Christ?" and "What did you do with what I gave you?" Then the author goes on to say that the answer to the second question will determine "what" we do in eternity. All I want to do is serve God in the way He made me to, but sometimes giving me too much choice can be so distracting! Who knew this study would get so deep so quickly?! Hang on, Ladies, I think we're in for the time of our lives (here and eternally!) I love you all and be filled with His wisdom as we continue to search for our purpose~
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