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Finding Our Calling -- The Meaning of Life
teaching Sunday School. But, I'm great at greeting,
cooking, crying, laughing, sharing ... I've learned that
God is really right...not everyone can do anything.
Instead, focus and fine tune the things you do well, and
do that for His glory! LIVE. Not for earthly life, but for
ETERNAL life. I want to LIVE FOREVER.
--
Tom Hancock, Pasadena, Texas
I really believe that deep within our hearts lies a
strong desire to become or do a "special something."
As a child, I constantly daydreamed about having a
Christian home, husband, many children, and writing a
book. I never gave up on either the desire or the
courage to seek out this "calling." Many people give in
to failures much too quickly, ending the strong desire or
calling of the heart. I believe so much good has never
been achieved, because of lack of persistence or fear
of failure.
Without God, life is pretty meaningless -- it is work,
worry, save, buy, and then die. As I see it, life is here
to enjoy, to worship, to serve, and to hope. We have
been given life to do the very best possible, and to live
in such a way that we may have eternal life. Mu.ch of
life seems so futile at times, and the more spiritual we
become, the more the worries of this life (the car you
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