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Finding your purpose
What is your purpose?
I remember 10 years ago when I started Monday Messages. These blogs have something that I have learned from my Bishop Henry Fernandez sermons on Sundays.
Every week, he gives us such a powerful word, and I try to pass on his words of wisdom.
What is your purpose?
Finding your purpose will change the course of your life. It will ignite the fire in you to live out your God giving purpose. When you are living out your purpose, it is fun. It doesn't feel like work. It is then when you realize this is your purpose.
Your passion drives your purpose! The worst thing is to try to force your purpose in things you think. If you have a certain career or a certain title, then you think that is your purpose.
I have a friend of mine who went to law school, passed the bar, and became a lawyer, just to realize she hated it. She went back to school and became a teacher because that was her passion and her calling. She has never looked back, and after 25 years, she recently retired, loving what she did until the very end. Yes, she made a lot less money. Yes, many would say it's a less prestigious job, but it is what she was called to do. It filled her soul.
Some of us think the title and money are what it's all about, but is it worth it? Is it worth selling your soul to go to a place every day you call "Hell" a place you hate? Is that Prada purse worth it?
Some people try to find their purpose in others or in relationships. You are hoping that another person will fulfill you or that they will point you to your gift. Their opinions may change the path you're supposed to take because maybe they don't think you can do it, and you may start believing it as well. You are never going to your purpose in that place.
My ex always told I couldn't do anything, that "he was the breadwinner" in the family. He said I was useless. I didn't know my purpose back then. I only wrote because I was dying inside, and for years, I couldn't tell anyone about what I was going through, so instead, I wrote. My gift saved my life, for without it, I surely would have lost my mind.
Never leave it up to people to tell you who you are! You need to know your own worth. You need to find your own purpose! We need to find out what our purpose is and to live out a life that should be filled with joy because of that purpose.
So you ask what people get from their hard work?
They get passion, and they get to go to a job that doesn't feel like one. They get to do something that fills them with joy. That is what you get for finding your purpose and working hard at it.
Even though you can't see the scope of God's work from beginning to end, trust me, it is there. There is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can, doing what we love. People should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are the gifts from God.
So today, my friends, if you are not sure of your purpose, start by looking at the things you're running away from. That is usually the thing that is your purpose. Think about what you love to do, that fills you with joy that you would do if money wasn't an issue. Something that makes time flies while you're doing it, that my friend is your God-given purpose.
And sometimes the disasters in our life make us come back to our purpose, make us rethink “The what are we here for” question.
Take a leap of faith and go after it, one thing for sure, you will never regret it.
“Be the change you want to see”
@TreadmillTreats
© TreadmillTreats
I remember 10 years ago when I started Monday Messages. These blogs have something that I have learned from my Bishop Henry Fernandez sermons on Sundays.
Every week, he gives us such a powerful word, and I try to pass on his words of wisdom.
What is your purpose?
Finding your purpose will change the course of your life. It will ignite the fire in you to live out your God giving purpose. When you are living out your purpose, it is fun. It doesn't feel like work. It is then when you realize this is your purpose.
Your passion drives your purpose! The worst thing is to try to force your purpose in things you think. If you have a certain career or a certain title, then you think that is your purpose.
I have a friend of mine who went to law school, passed the bar, and became a lawyer, just to realize she hated it. She went back to school and became a teacher because that was her passion and her calling. She has never looked back, and after 25 years, she recently retired, loving what she did until the very end. Yes, she made a lot less money. Yes, many would say it's a less prestigious job, but it is what she was called to do. It filled her soul.
Some of us think the title and money are what it's all about, but is it worth it? Is it worth selling your soul to go to a place every day you call "Hell" a place you hate? Is that Prada purse worth it?
Some people try to find their purpose in others or in relationships. You are hoping that another person will fulfill you or that they will point you to your gift. Their opinions may change the path you're supposed to take because maybe they don't think you can do it, and you may start believing it as well. You are never going to your purpose in that place.
My ex always told I couldn't do anything, that "he was the breadwinner" in the family. He said I was useless. I didn't know my purpose back then. I only wrote because I was dying inside, and for years, I couldn't tell anyone about what I was going through, so instead, I wrote. My gift saved my life, for without it, I surely would have lost my mind.
Never leave it up to people to tell you who you are! You need to know your own worth. You need to find your own purpose! We need to find out what our purpose is and to live out a life that should be filled with joy because of that purpose.
So you ask what people get from their hard work?
They get passion, and they get to go to a job that doesn't feel like one. They get to do something that fills them with joy. That is what you get for finding your purpose and working hard at it.
Even though you can't see the scope of God's work from beginning to end, trust me, it is there. There is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can, doing what we love. People should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are the gifts from God.
So today, my friends, if you are not sure of your purpose, start by looking at the things you're running away from. That is usually the thing that is your purpose. Think about what you love to do, that fills you with joy that you would do if money wasn't an issue. Something that makes time flies while you're doing it, that my friend is your God-given purpose.
And sometimes the disasters in our life make us come back to our purpose, make us rethink “The what are we here for” question.
Take a leap of faith and go after it, one thing for sure, you will never regret it.
“Be the change you want to see”
@TreadmillTreats
© TreadmillTreats
