Something I've thought about a whole lot is "what does it take to have a meaningful life?" Where do I find purpose? It's not in school and it's not in my friends and it's not in partying, because all of those things never can satisfy.... so where do I go to find this purpose?? What's the meaning of life? is it really 42?!
I've had it good in my life. I know that. I've never had to pay my own doctor's bill because my parents couldn't, had to steal to eat, had to whatever. I don't have it perfect though, and I find a lot to complain about.
Sure, you've got it bad, I'll agree. Maybe you've got it really bad, and I'm sorry for that. But the reality is, there are people in this world who've got it worse -- a LOT worse. People whose parents died of AIDS, left alone at age seven. People who are trapped in the human trafficking system, viciously abused with no apparent way out. People who are in real slavery, slavery of endless nothingness. People whose families were killed in the tsunami, the earthquake, the tornado.
So let me ask you: why are you focusing on YOU?
Complaining about your job, your stupid brother, you can't get an iPad? That's about you. Focusing on who's friends with you and who couldn't care less? That's about you. I think we forget that it's not about us. It's about Jesus and the purpose he can give us, what he's given us on this earth, and what he wants us to be. To whom much is given, much is required. Most people in America have been given much. If you have a job, you've been given much. If you have food to eat every day, you've been given much. If you woke up this morning, you've been given much. We have been given so much :) What will be required?
Something is out there, and it's something big; something that I want to be part of.
[photo by Caroline Kennedy Photography]
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