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"Living With Purpose simply means Living With God."  

9/16/2015

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I contemplate these wise words of Holley Gerth this morning as I simultaneously make to do lists, wait on contractors, and gulp ridiculously large quantities of lukewarm coffee... (Next on the to do list- Fix the microwave!)

I have shared my heart with many of you as I tiptoe/dive into this next chapter of my life.  And as I am witnessing my daughter's first weeks of college roller coaster ride of joy and elation to trepidation and despair, I find that I, too, am on a similar ride.  (Big surprise that we are so much alike, right?  Even in Paris we spoke in unison -of course, her French was much better than mine!)  But I digress.  

The low of the empty nest, the height of the beach view, the low of the unknown, the height of the unknown, the low of the mounting cost in starting a new business, practicalities...numbers, the height of trusting God with this God sized vision ...and so the ride continues.

In the late night darkness and the quiet of the morning I do that age old practice of philosophers, kings, theologians, Christians, new-agers, college students, moms and countless others:  I question my purpose.  So this morning as I opened my computer to a self directed time of devotion, I stumbled on Holly's latest.  She reminded me of God's command, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” {Matt. 22:37}  and suddenly there was peace.  What I try to complicate, (What is my purpose? Why am I remodeling a beach house? Is this for me?  Should I just grab a job at Taco Bell?) is suddenly simple.  I don't have to "find my purpose" I just have to love my God fully.  


And the adventure continues.  Who is coming with me?

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