#PURPOSE

Have you ever asked the question,  "Why am I here" I know I have.... it's at that moment when we realize that it's more to it than the 9 to 5....its more to it than obtaining multiple degrees, its more than the house with the picket fence...its more than the promotion on the job...I mean it's all good, but it keeps one in a place of predictability,  a regiment of sorts and before long what has been obtained becomes mundane.  It puts one in a box, a feeling of comfort sets in and before long he or she becomes comfortable and no longer willing to embrace change when it comes. Purpose is not about what I have accomplished,  but rather "rediscovering me"...I love the passage in Jeremiah 1:8, when God says to the prophet, "before you were in your mother's womb I knew you...I ordained you a prophet." It was an "aha moment" for me....Jeremiah's purpose was revealed....school may have said otherwise,  a wedding may have tugged him to the left, a job may have been a hindrance...but purpose was revealed to Jeremiah before there was a job or a wife...he had a clear path to his purpose and he walked in it....what about Jesus? His dear mother Mary and Joseph were headed to the Passover with Him, but they lost sight of Him. When Mary located Him, what did He say? "Did you not know that I must be about my Father's business?" That's purpose....He was 12 years old at the time...and yes He was a carpenter,  but 18 years later He reverted back to His purpose (He never lost sight of it) and you know the rest of the story. We get overwhelmed at times in the pursuit of happiness....well happiness as we know it here on earth...I have come to realize that my job is not my purpose...my ambitions are not my purpose...my purpose is what God placed me on the earth to do. After crying and praying and praying and crying I realized that my purpose is to write for His glory. Whenever I write its effortless....not because I'm so good, but rather it's my purpose, it's why I'm here...that's why I do what I do....because God gently whispered it to me....my life has never been the same.  I encourage you to cry out to God in your prayer closet and the Spirit of God will speak #purpose