Purpose Driven

What is your life purpose? What is the reason that you are here on this earth? What are you here to do and accomplish? I heard a speaker say once that he read the novel The Death of Ivan Ilyich. At the end of the novel the man is on his death bed and looks up at his wife and says to her, "Maybe I did not live as I ought to have done." I would hate to get to that place in my life and feel regret. What is your intention? My intention is to do the following with my life:

Don't lie to one another. You're done with that old life. It's like a filthy set of ill-fitting clothes you've stripped off and put in the fire. Now you're dressed in a new wardrobe. Every item of your new way of life is custom-made by the Creator, with his label on it. All the old fashions are now obsolete. Words like Jewish and non-Jewish, religious and irreligious, insider and outsider, uncivilized and uncouth, slave and free, mean nothing. From now on everyone is defined by Christ, everyone is included in Christ.
So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it.

Colossians 3:9-14

I am done with that old life. Are you going to be done with that old life? This life is one of pleasing others, being worried about things, and being driven by worries and fears. It was a life that was driven by certain names, teams, and tribes. It was a life that was full of exclusion and fighting about what was right and wrong. I am done with that. I am going to live my life, as best as I can, with all the purpose and intention, to live with "compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave," with love being the most important garment. This is my purpose, my intention. To love all, serve all, and to allow all to find their way to God. God is calling them I will allow God to do what God does and try to not get in the way.

What is your purpose? Do not die with it still in you. Do not lie on your bed wondering if you did it all wrong. Do not ignore that still small voice in your heart and mind that calls to you, but you quiet it like a little annoying child because of your own fear. Joy and peace are calling to you. Excitement is calling to you. God is calling you there - listen.

Namaste'