Living On Purpose
Don't waste any more time stumbling through life.

 

By Dr. Brad Klontz
It’s important to have a purpose. I have seen lives filled with loneliness and despair when no specific purpose has been embraced. On the other hand, I have seen drastic improvements in psychological well-being when people have identified a meaningful purpose.
Without purpose, what’s the point of getting up every day? Life can’t be just about growing-up, getting a job, taking a few vacations, retiring, and dying, can it? Is that why we are here on earth? I believe that we are each on earth for a special purpose, which is up to us to name.
Many spiritual disciplines offer a framework to help followers define their life’s purpose. Followers take comfort in the teachings and traditions of spiritual leaders and their insights into a higher power’s purpose for them. Some believe that life is about striving to stay pure in mind and deed. Others emphasize that life should be enjoyed and experienced. Others say that life is suffering, and our purpose is to detach from our egos and melt into the cosmos. Still others say that life should be about service to others. Regardless of the particular spiritual tradition or philosophical base, there is profound psychological value in clearly defining a customized purpose...read more

 

Please pray for my friend Mr. Ravi. He is 50+ and lives with his wife and son. He has multiple conditions - Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Disease, Eye Infection, Ear Infection, recently underwent open heart surgery etc., Ravi and his wife both are very tired of constant visits to the hospitals and the medications taken. Ravi used to play the Guitar for our Lord before he got these conditions. Please pray that Ravi's diseases will be healed, that his mental health improves, that he is close to God, that his family is healed, that their love for God and love between the husband and wife and son increases.  

- anonymous