Our Purpose

(Non-believers can direct their attention to the last paragraph to avoid being offended)

I was washing the dishes the other day. I was in this weird trance when I looked down and wondered what the heck I was doing. Dishes. Why am I washing dishes? So we can put food on it, eat it, and then I can wash the same dish over again?

I looked down at my outfit and thought about how I had changed 3 times this morning only to end up with my normal homemade tshirt and my short shorts.

What was I doing? What am I doing now? The warm water ran over my hands all and I could think was, what is the point? This is what I came up with:

We were made for God. Bottom line. Our main purpose. We were specifically designed to be in a relationship with Him... specifically. Without that relationship everything else is quite pointless. Life is reflected on self. "How can I make myself happy today? What is going to make me feel happy in the future? What makes me feel good?" Me me me me. I think even in the situation where someone is helping people in an awesome way can be turned into selfishness when done just so you can have the satisfaction of having done something good. Do you think too many people would continue to help a person if that person didn't appreciate them?

We are constantly in search of stuff and things that will give us purpose. And I know exactly what you're thinking as you read this: Easy target. Of course we shouldn't always be wanting more and more nice things. I've heard this before in soooo many stories where the person ends up rich and miserable. We obviously know the story, but do we see the truth in it? We look for stuff like a diploma, a car with air conditioning,  or maybe even a girlfriend or boyfriend to make us happy. Let me tell you, if you can't be happy right now in the exact situation you're in, then you can't be happy. But if you're homeless and living on the streets and can be happy, you can be happy in any situation. Now I'm not saying you should be able party and dance around right after your dad died. There will be difficult moments on your life. I mean in general. If you're in the state of mind of "If I could JUST get this/him/her/those/that, I'd be happy," you're in for some disappointment. Because things and people fade away. Just like the wind they are here one second and gone the next.

Peoples minds change. Their heart changes. One day they want to see you and the next they want to move on.

So our purpose is to make God happy. I'm not saying that we need to change our purpose to that. I'm not saying that the purpose is different from person to person. It IS out purpose. We all might have a different way of doing it or avoiding it, but it's still our purpose.

So if you're out of sync with this purpose, life may get a little muddy. A little screwy. Things might not make sense. You search for the wrong things and when you find them they never live up to your standards. They never fix things. Things start to seem glum.

The Enemy's job is to make sure you never know this purpose. To hide it's significance. To make other things more important.

My advice? Don't let him.

*Stop stressing. Stop arguing. It's useless. Start loving. Because love is what binds us together in perfect harmony. Even for a non-believer, how can this be bad advice?

Haha, such wise advice from a 19 year old girl right?