So i dont have this quite figured out yet. There are different points in life where i might´ve thought i had it all figured out, until this week, i was at a connection group on friday when the leader asked different people what they´re purpose was. what our purpose is? not like THE purpose that God has for each of us,which is different for everyone, but the main purpose for us being created. so this really got me thinking.
I know we were all created to love and adore God, which is most of the time everyone´s answer. but theres more to it, or i´d like to believe so. My mind really goes crazy sometimes with so much thinking and trying to understand and i just really try to see things the way he wants us to.
I believe God created us, yes to LOVE him with everything we have, but also to love others . To take care of the poor. When i read the bible the parts about love and compassion always stand out to me. And i believe its because Jesus was a loving person at all times. he loved EVERYONE no matter what they had done, or what they had not done. he just loved. And he came to be an example to us, of course in many ways, but LOVE is such a HUGE thing. Of course our priority is to love him above all else, but its so much harder to love others the way we love ourselves. But Jesus was a human, like me, and he was able to just love, without judging...ever. And he did take care of the sick,the poor and the lost. And when he left, he left us the responsibilty of keep doing what he started.
So its really not that hard to understand our purpose, our purpose is to be like him in all the ways, to follow his example, to live a godly life, yes adoring him and praising him, but also obeying him.
All this thinking takes me back to knowing that there is SOOOOOOOOOOO much to learn every single day. i will never have things figured out cause theres always something new to think about or something new to learn.
O how i love Jesus, he really does make me feel warm inside. so much love from him. I really think God speaks to me through love :)
(i like this blog thing cause it helps me to get my thoughts out and i can always go back and read them)
Your post brought tears to my eyes. I understand so much about love, and also loving someone more than myself. The pain, the struggle, the misconstruedness of it all. Jesus died on the cross to forgive us our sins. He must of loved us. I have such a hard time loving people that much, but I know that through God, I'm at peace with it. Your blog is wonderful, it was just what I needed to read.
ReplyDeleteLove really is the only way to approach life and thankfully it's something that comes from an overflow of what He's doing in our hearts. We aren't left the task of manufacturing love...we experience HIS love and that reaches out to embrace the world. I too, love to blog to get my thoughts out...I never know if anyone ever reads them but I don't mind. Thanks for following!
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