What is your purpose of life on earth? What happens after you have gained everything you ever wanted in life? What next?
Should be having this discussion very soon..........so would like to get some insights into different people's purposes of life...............
Share???
hey, i've asked myself this exact same question many times...
ReplyDeleteI believe that we were put on earth for the purpose to serve. To be more than ourselves. To give and love unconditionally. To leave this world knowing that you have make a difference in people's lives. I particularly like this quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson:
To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!’
"I believe that we were put on earth for the purpose to serve. To be more than ourselves. To give and love unconditionally. To leave this world knowing that you have make a difference in people's lives."
ReplyDeleteHi Felicia,
I really love what you said above..........I read this somewhere before too..........which is similar to what you have said..........
Real success doesnt come in thinking you have arrived at a place where others should serve you, but in recognising that in whatever place you are, you have arrived at a position where you can serve others..............
Thanks for your reply........I'll definitely share what you wrote above during my CG........... :):):)
Have a great weekend!
I may be wrong.. but I believe that for some, even after you've achieved everything in life, you'll still feel this emptiness.. this discontentment... because nothing is more satisfactory.. than sharing what God has blessed us with.... It's like God is this major source of water.. constantly pouring His love onto us.. and our role is to be a conduit for God.. Hence, if we do not transfer this love to others.. it'll overflow.. or we might even explode.. and really not doing what we are supposed to do, which is to share this passion and love for Him with many others..
ReplyDeletePurpose of my life - live for God because Jesus Christ sacrifices for me. Nothing can separate the love of God from me even sins or difficulties or persecutions.
ReplyDeleteI tried to search love by my own way, I failed; money, can't stop controlling me; pride, I'm too over confident and I was opposed; fame, I'm afraid to... finally I start to give up everything and only focus on God now. I obtain everything from Him. So, I know that other than living for Him, I'm nothing.
I'm not sure how I affect others, but I'm sure everyone around me helps me a lot. That's why I'm here. We're toward one another.
I agree with you Denise.........coz most people who have achieved everything in their lives, are the people who start questioning themselves, what is my purpose of living? Is it just to study, work, earn money, start a family, enjoy life and die? Pardon the word die....hehehe.......but yeah, I think many people are starting to question the reality of this question, what is my purpose here? Are we really here just for the sake of being here?
ReplyDeleteI really agree too about how we should transfer this love to others.....in whichever way we can.........As the song goes.....so blessed i cant contain it, so much i've gotta give it away, your love's taught me to live now, you are more than enough for me................
like your imagery of water...........will use that too............hehehe............thanks for the input!
Thanks Meimei........for your honesty of being a human being......hehe :):):)....like you mentioned, we always try to search for love, our purpose, etc in our own ways............same for me.........but we tend to fail sometimes..........and that actually brings us bank in tuned with God again......I guess my purpose of life is similar to yours...........storing treasures in heaven.............and to love Him and do His will for me................and spot on!!!! We are nothing without Him.............
ReplyDeleteAMEN....
ReplyDeleteNever thought hard of it..Hmmm I dont need anything much but I dont know what God's sole purpose for me.Ll think hard and get back to you.
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