Maybe when I'm a bit more awake I'll feel excited about that.
It's been a bit of a manic week this week, with unexpected things happening left right and centre. The sort of week that makes you question who you are and where you're going and what it's all about. In short,
"What am I doing with my life?"
Conveniently, I already asked God this very question when I was on holiday in August.
The thing is, in life, we tend to get very busy very quickly. At that time I had a lot of different projects going on. A range of things that I was doing for myself, for other people or for God. And I'd got so caught up in doing all these things that I'd lost sight of the bigger picture. I couldn't remember why I was doing any of it any more or where I was going.
So I sat down, on the last day of camp, and asked God,
"What is it that You want me to do with my life? Which of these projects do You want me to pursue? Which, if any of them, is my Calling?"
(Your Calling being The Thing that your life is For)
And His response surprised me:
Do this, and the rest will follow."
That's it. That is all I have to do. Just love.
At this point I think I need to clarify what loving means. Love is not just sitting around gazing into space and experiencing warm fluffy feelings. It's not even sitting there spouting reams of beautiful poetry about your love (though that wouldn't go amiss). Love is a verb in the strongest sense. It is not an emotional state but an active, effort-requiring, get-up-and-do-things verb. Sometimes loving God means putting your own desires second. Sometimes loving people, forgiving the brokenness, trying again, is hard work. Love is not easy. But it is what is required of us.
Sometimes, we get lost in the busyness of life. We forget the purpose of it all. But Jesus was clear what the greatest commandment was.
In my life, I have two jobs:
- Love God
- Love people
Because in the end, that's what everything boils down to.
Wow Helen, you're amazing! :)
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