Life, fer real

Life.
Me and Adrienne were having a conversation this evening. We were talking about the normal daily life one person lives. The everyday nitty gritty of "life". The realization that your whole life has built up to where you are now and well, it kinda feels like there should be more to it. Stop. Take a step back. Observe what your life looks like, how you got there and where it's going. it can be somewhat of a scary thing, maybe you will realize your life doesn't look at all what you hoped and dreamed it would look like. Maybe it is far better than you could ever dream of. All in all, I would bet each person has a moment when they wonder- this is it? Shouldn't there be more to it? More excitement? Didn't I work hard in school all my life and do many amazing things to get me some place great. But here I am, wherever you are, with whatever job you have and you are thinking: this is it?

Life is funny. We waste so much time building a resume, studying for school, working, exercising, when it all boils down... all that doesn't truly matter does it? Of course education is wonderful and it provides opportunity for us in the workforce. But, looking at our lives from a step back, from an eternal perspective it changes things.

The good news is there is more to life! Thank goodness! I think God puts that feeling in us so we long for Him. I think we will feel this way until our life here on earth is over and we are fully alive in Heaven. This life is temporal and will never give us complete satisfaction. Our true home is not this broken earth.

I have learned, however, that during this life it is possible to live fully alive and it's only by walking each day with Jesus. I can try and live alive everyday but I will not be successful if I attempt by myself. I live to not glorify self. That would be such an empty life, a life of always feeling like "this is it??" But to live with the soul purpose to glorify God- that is a life that will be fully alive. This is what I want. I am reminded that this life is temporal and not my ultimate destination, but I am also aware that this life here on earth can be exciting and wonderful because I live not for myself but for the God of the universe. This excites me, this life has only tapped the surface of what is yet to come. There is more to life. This is just the beginning.