Day 1: It’s not about me.
March 17, 2010 12:34 am
“Everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him.” Colossians 1:16b
Today is the first day of my 40-day challenge and I find it amazing that as I go through the whole reading stuff for this day- I slowly realized that what it was telling me was: MY LIFE IS NOT ABOUT ME!
I learned that in life, being successful and fulfilling my purpose is not in any way the same thing. I may have been the one who chose the course I took in College, the one who will choose who I will spend the rest of my life with and perhaps even what I ate for brunch this morning and other intricacies in my life but then, I finally discovered that the purpose of my life is far greater than my own personal achievements— it’s way better than that!
I may not know what my purpose is as of the moment (that’s why I’m reading this book) but one thing is for sure: I’m gonna find it out someday. How? I’ve got to ask God to tell me what it is. Then I realized that I have always been doing the right thing because…. let me share with you a part of my prayer:
“Dear God, I’m lifting everything up to You: everything that I am, everything that I have, all my anxieties and fears, all my achievements and accomplishments, I lift them all up to you. Please be my Director and be my Driver: lead me to where You want me to be and what You want me to do. And since I am a nurse, make me an instrument of Your love so that through my profession, my patients would see You through me and I may see You through them as well.”
Finding my purpose? I’m getting there. I am about to walk into the light…… ^_^
