Day 300 - Is there a meaning?

A friend wrote on her page about not knowing if there is a meaning to this world. She also said 'there HAS to be a meaning to this life, this life HAS to be more than what we see'

"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."
Ecclesiastes 1:2

 God's first message to us is His own Creation, He created all there is around us, all Nature, all animals, all life, Creator of the Universe. And so His expectancy is that we will see Him and glorify Him by just looking around, that's His first calling to our attention.

When my friend said that there HAS to be a meaning to life more than what we see, it means she is already realizing that God Himself has given her life and created everything that surrounds us.

In His glorious name, Praised be the Lord our God almighty.
Amen.

Day 268 - Good morning, Lord

My dear Lord Jesus,

Good morning!

I give this day to you, I give all 24 hours of this day to come, to you.

To you I surrender my mind, soul and spirit.

Please, let my thoughts be like yours,

My actions should come from you,

My heart should be filled with wisdom and strength that comes from your Holy Spirit,

Thank you that I am awake this morning,

And that I can see, hear, speak, walk,

That I have food on my table, clothes to make me warm,

A soft bed to sleep on.

Thank you Lord, that you are Lord, and no one else.

All my day, Lord, I surrender;

Today there will be no pain, no worry

Today I will exercise my faith,

By praying for others, prophesying the good,

Please, Lord, if at any time of this day I forget about you,

or get caugth doing only what my flesh wants,

Let your Holy Spirit remind me that I live for you.

I want to be like you, Jesus.

And that's why I say Good Morning, Lord.

Day 258 - Am I doing according to my calling?

What is my calling? - My calling is to put my wants and desires aside and do what God has told me to do. But what is it? - I have been called to do what I wouldn't do on my own, things for the Kingdom of Heaven, and those other things that are placed in our hearts when we lay down our lives to Christ.
I never wanted to get married, now I am; I didn't think of having children, now my heart is pulsing to do so; I can't stop thinking of adopting a child, the one that people wanted the least. Those type of things that I wouldn't do without the Holy Spirit telling me so, those are my calling.

When everybody else is occupied with their own things and their own wants and desires and all of a sudden you have this thing piercing your heart to do different, that's your calling.

Let's not avoid our calling, because that's what makes us holy and separated by Jesus Christ our Lord.

"You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?" declares the LORD Almighty. "Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house."


Haggai 1:9
 
"You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it."


This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways."

Haggai 1:6-7
 
"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."

Matthew 6:33

Day 257 - Living for others

Living in community is the "ultimate dream" of lots of people, they dream of this perfect environment where people will help each other and do to others as they would like to be done to themselves.

And why not?

The Bible does say, do to others what you would like to receive, and the measure you use to others will be used to you, judge and you will be judged, and so on.

If we could live in harmony amongst our brothers and sisters and we weren't selfish in the first place, violence and robberies wouldn't happen as much, if we are generous there is no reason to stealing, if the resources were shared there would be less jealousy.

If I am happy with what I have and I understand there is more to this life than possessions and belongings than I can be content and my heart is in peace, therefore I can stop waste my time being jealous and pursuing the things and status others have and I can focus on making this world a better place to live.