Your life's purpose...

Ahhh, Sunday... What a wonderful day_ For the most part I love Sundays! I love going to church! :) ...but Sundays also mean the next day is Monday, work day.. Haha, that's the sad part. Going back to the plus side of Sundays though... Today in church my pastor talked about our purpose. ...Maybe we are working where we are because we are there to help someone else. ... I feel a tad bit ashamed for hating my job. I have a purpose in this world_and possibly it is helping the ones I work with. I shouldn't be so selfish to think of my own needs, when someone else may have even greater ones!

I believe and was taught that we all have a purpose in this world, and when we fulfill that purpose, it is then that we get to go home to our Heavenly kingdom!! :))) I'm so excited!!! ...but I always wonder_what is my purpose? There are so many roles that people play, but what is mine? And then I think... I'm just an average girl. Nobody cares what I have to say... or what I do. And if my purpose IS to have people listen to what I have to say, why would God pick me to do something like that? I'm so...ordinary, plain, simple. I don't have all my facts straight. I'm not as educated as many other people. AND... I'm shy... I was the girl in speech class that stood up there giving a speech, turning bright red, I couldn't breath, and I talked really, REALLY fast just to get it over with. Sharing my opinion has always been hard for me. I was that girl who always kept her mouth shut and avoided any eye contact, as to not be called on. _and yet, here I am, telling you MY opinion. _Something else my pastor said this morning... There are many great people in the Bible who felt they weren't good enough to spread God's word... a tax collector, a prostitute, a linen seller... but God still chose them. It doesn't matter who you are or were.. so maybe it doesn't matter how ordinary I am. :)

"God made you as you are in order to use you as He planned."- J.C. Macauley ...isn't that the truth. :) Every one of us is different. Some smarter. Some prettier. Some more athletic. Yet, God still wants EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US! We all have a different purpose in this world... and we may never know what it is. _When I was little, I decided I wanted to be a cop. It's funny how much crap I got for that..and maybe that's what made me want to do it even more. And then there is the Air Force... and I LOVE to write and help others. I'm 21 and now I have no idea what I want to be... I love kids. Maybe I'm supposed to help them. Or be a cop...or a soldier. Maybe a stay at home mom someday? ...Maybe I'm helping people right this minute as they read this? ...No matter what my purpose, I look forward to fulfilling it! :)

_I have not yet reached my goal, and I am not perfect. But Christ has taken hold of me. So I keep on running and struggling to take hold of the prize. -Philippians 3:12

What is your passion in life?? That may be your purpose. Something that will never get old... maybe it's art, teaching, music, writing, sports... Find your passion and run with it! Never give up on it either...maybe you aren't where you want to be, but it may be where you NEED to be. God knows what he is doing, maybe if I woulda stayed in the Air Force something might have happened to me...if I was able to join the National Guards years earlier I never would have joined the Air Force and met some AMAZING people. I know I will get there... it just takes time. Just because it is our purpose doesn't mean it is going to be easy. _But in the end, I believe it will definitely be worth it! :D

"Keep your head up, eyes focused, a smile on your face, and keep on going!" -DB

Goodnight and God Bless!! :)
-love-
  dan