Life is truly an incredible thing. Have you ever just sat back and thought about it? I encourage you to take some time out soon and sit back and examine the big picture. This life is so complex, so full of energy and confusion and color. This life has drastically different effects on so many different people. Some people see life is chaotic, stressful, and sometimes even meaningless. Others view life as a golden opportunity to reach out to others and live for something greater than yourself. Which one are you?
For so many years, I was the former. Most of my friends knew that I lived life with a very pessimistic outlook. Often I even suffered through bouts of depression and thoughts of suicide. The year 2009 was one that I wish to forget and hope never to repeat. To live in that level of darkness is something I would never wish on my worst enemy. Because of the depression and the pointless outlook I had of life, I thought that I might as well live life the way I wanted and to live for myself, because obviously trying to live for God or for others wasn't doing me any good. I could not have been more wrong.
Life isn't meant for ourselves. We were not put on this earth to do what makes us happy or makes us feel good. We were not put here to gather material possessions or constantly seek excitement and self-fulfillment. We were put here to worship and serve the one who put us here in the first place. God created us to worship Him and to bring honor and glory to His name, even at the cost of our own earthly happiness, despite how temporary our lives may be. Some recent events and new people in my life have caused me to realize just how selfish of a life I have been living. I have constantly been worried about trying to further my own career, amassing material possessions that I thought would make me happy, and putting my own concerns ahead of everyone else. But thanks to God and his ability to work in mysterious ways and through the lives of others, I have come to realize that this life, all life, means absolutely nothing without having God at the center of it. I have become aware of how important it is to be a truly selfless person, to live for God and others and not myself. Because without God, there would be no happiness, no joy, no material wealth or anything created. And because of this, I want to do something that will have a lasting, positive impact on the lives of others. I don't exactly know what that is yet, but I do know that God can show me the way if I just ask Him to.
Somehow, I will become the person God truly wants me to be. And I will live a life that is truly pleasing to Him. I will serve others with a selfless heart and a genuine smile. And I will love with a love that stems from the heavenly father.
Pray for me, friends. Much love.
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