What is my purpose?

What is my purpose?

On the morning of Wednesday, March 21, 2012 the topic for my next blog came across loud and clear as prayed. What is my purpose? So often today we hear what career field do you plan on pursuing? What is your passion? But what is the overall purpose of mankind?

The resounding answer that arose in my thoughts as I prayed is… we are God’s creation, created for His pleasure. So… our ultimate purpose is to serve God. Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; Hebrews 12:28 NASB

In our everyday lives how do we accomplish this goal? Some how many find this a difficult question, but it is quite simple. To serve our Father is simple as serving His people. This is taking pride in the work we produce even though the boss has unreasonable demands and is self-serving.  Being courteous even in the event of the situation may be difficult. A simple please, thank-you, may I … Yes, the ones your mother taught you, and you’ve tucked away. Offering words of encouragement or even giving a stranger a simple complement can be fulfilling and uplifting to the giver, receiver, and the Father. Remember the lady on the bus with the beautiful hair do or well-mannered person, how you thought of giving a compliment to these strangers or even peers and said nothing?

Today’s world thrives on a society who looks inward to self. Even so, our Father commands that we look outward and commitment and our purpose to serve His people. For even those who do not know Him, He knows them from the beginning of time.  And your example may be the key to unlocking the saving grace to the unsaved.  

A simple conversation

A simple conversation

Simple everyday conversations can be a chance to impart wisdom to those persons we have interaction. Case in point…over the past about last five to six years I have been working with a personal trainer, off and on. During our sessions, we have conversations that have topics intertwined of personal and situational relationships of others in our life. Some may be crossroad's concerns or decisions that we may be contemplating.

On this particular Friday session, we had discussed a topic of a personal relationship that was going on in her life. My approach to this conversation was not one of the judgments but a sort-of-life matter but more or less in a matter of fact situation. I presented my thoughts on her situation based on how the situations could possibly work out in scenario type of her action and his reaction.  

Well, on our next session on the following Tuesday, she indicated to me that she had had a conversation with the person, that we had discussed on the previous session, over the weekend. The way the conversation she had with this person she stated that it felt like I was an angel on her shoulder. A coincidence that we discussed this person and action and or reaction scenarios, I think not.  It was like I was able to provide her with information that she needed to know in order to handle this situation effectively and to her best interest.    

The reason that we are put into different people paths are not by happenstance. But, wither; we arise to the occasion using our God given talents is by our choice…“who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.” James 3:13 NASB True wisdom is from God because God is wisdom, which is sorely missing in this troubled world.  

I thank God for this gift and the ability to use this fruit. However, I praise Him for the open ears of the listener!!! Are your ears open to those simple conversations that impart wisdom to you today? If they are not open, you might just miss out on a blessing.  

Doing good

Doing good

Over several months, I have been encouraged by quite a few friends to write a blog. So…today I have yielded to these requests. This blog shall contain a diary of my thoughts or concerns about a variety of matters of the time or situations in everyday life. I may at time refer to these thoughts as what I may call “witassessims” or might we say ‘a deason perspective’. So…today I am embarking on a new journey of blogging and imparting my “deasonperspective."

The first topic I’m going to chat about is when people do not like you because you do kindhearted gestures. This topic was derived because I remembered a situation back in the early 1990s. My daughter had said to me, “Mommy, those people at the church talk about you behind your back (she had overheard two adults conversing about me), and you still do so much for that church.” My response to her was, “I am not responsible for how to others react to my kindness, but I am responsible for my reaction to their unkindness.”    

Over the years, this event has come to surface lots of times. This recurring challenge has surfaced many times and was brought to mind today in my scripture readings. “He who returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.” (Proverbs 17:13 NASB)  Today would you please reflect…are your actions returning evil for good? This is a daily challenge, but in Him, we are always up to the challenge.

Thank you so very much Saddi D. and Carolyn T.  for your encouragement into this endeavor, let the adventure begin!