Temporary Home

I thought I would write about something very heavy on my heart today. Have you ever gone through life asking yourself what is my purpose here? What was I created to do? I am learning more and more each day to remember that I was placed here for a reason, for a purpose. Do I always know what that purpose is no, but I do know that I strive to find the answer so much that sometimes I miss things.

I am continuing to learn each day that life is precious and that too often we take advantage of our time here. I was reminded this morning that this to is just temporary. Life changes so quick and sometimes we are left to wonder if we missed something because we are so caught up in the hustle of things we forget to slow down and remember what is most important to us.

Something I was taught this morning was to remember; my body will someday cease to live but my story will continue to live on. So I am forced to sit and think about what I want people to remember most about me when this temporary life does cease to exist and we finally go "home".

Do I want people to remember me for being successful? Sure we all do.

Do I want to be remembered me as driven? Sure I do, because I am.

Most of all I want people to remember me as a person who never gave up on my dreams, who strived for something new. I want to be remembered as a person that people could turn to when they were left thinking, they didn't have a person left in the world. I want people to remember me as someone who took risks to achieve things people sometimes only dream of. I want to be remembered for the impact I made in my time here.

Helen Keller once said "life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" I'm finding new meaning in those words this morning.

I think for so long I have learned to be content with the things that I have instead of wanting more and the only way to get those things is to take risks sometimes. I need to remember to reach for the things most would call impossible. I am reminded today that nothing is impossible if I put my full and complete trust in God.

I will be honest it's been a long time since I have done that. I thought for some reason as long as I had control over the things in my life that I would be ok and that's not true at all. I have to let go of the steering wheel and remember that I don't always have to have control of my life. Maybe that's why I haven't grasped onto some of the things I desire most in life. Maybe it's because I was trying to do it myself while God was standing, watching and saying "when you are ready to listen I will show you how to obtain those things I have created for you." I am have been reminded today that it is only through God that we can accomplish the things set before us. It is only through him that we will find the purpose we were created for.

What is your dream? What is something you want most out of life? Are you willing to let go of the steering wheel and let God direct you to those things?