The last couple of days I'm thinking about loads of things. I was even afraid that I would confuse all the people I was telling about my kind of philosophical questions! No matter what, I've to share one of them with you.
What's your aim in life? A question that's closely related, but still heads into a slightly different direction is: what's the reason of your living?
I was thinking about these questions because I realized that my "aims" or "reasons" are not satisfying at all! For example, I realized that my most important aim - and therefore somehow my aim in life right now - is to marry my girlfriend when I return to Germany (well, not immediately, but perhaps in one or two years). But then I had to ask myself: Lukas, can marrying be an aim in your life? What happens if you have married her - then everything, your life would be over as you have reached your aim! So, I didn't like that. Ok, what's next: Well. I would like to have some children (actually I prefer boys, but the only names me and my girlfriend can agree upon are female names!). But then again, what if we got two or three or four cute little children? First, they wouldn't stay small and cute - maybe they would even turn out like Dr. Randle's son who loves broccoli *argh* - and second, this cannot be THE aim in your life, can it?
But ... what is the aim in my life then? Why do I live?
Well, what came to my mind ultimately was that the reason why we human beings life is to glorify and honor God. But, how do you do that? To be honest, I've no real idea. Maybe it's obeying him and pointing at him with our lives and showing his love to the people around us by serving them. So, one person who came to my mind was Mother Teresa who devoted her life to poor people in Calcutta, India. Well, that's a "good" reason in life, isn't it? But does it work for me?
After having talked to some persons I think a great deal of, I realized that I'm searching for an ultimate aim in life, a project, a task, something that's dafinitive and palpable. These people told me however that there's probably nothing as definitive in your life. Do you know where you're gonna be in the next 20 years? Probably not! And by the way, what does your prospective partner think of YOUR aims???
So ... maybe the reason in life is being open to what God will show you and be ready to go where he wants you to go. Maybe it's about spreading his love and his Gospel at the very place where you are - you don't have to go to Calcutta to serve God, even though they probably need help ...
Still, it doesn't loose it's hold on me ... I'd really prefer to have a clear aim ...
However, even if we can't decide on boys' names, what my girlfriend and me did decide on was having one day a house that's open for people, children, youths who need a home and a family because they don't have a home where they are accepted and where they can feel happy.
At least, that's somehow a starting point, right? :-)
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Just remember that God has His own plan for our lifes. And remember boy or girl as long as their healthy it doesn't matter.
Hey, you never told me you had a girlfriend. Congrats!
I love readying you blog. its so thought out
You writed long blog everytime. I have to spent a long time to read it, but i really enjoy it:)
Well... maybe there is no reason in life, and all we are is dust in the wind (to come back to one of my former posts)!
Sounds hard to accept, but makes a lot more sense (I think) ;)
Anyways, looking forward to come and visit you and your girlfriend (still angry I haven't met her yet) in your open house... I ll bring my sleeping bag!
aims. it seems if you want one that's "ultimate" it'd have to be supernatural. an earthly aim is an accomplishable aim, as you pointed out; marriage, children...
i think there's a point in God making his aim for us so big-- To glorify and enjoy Him forever. If it were easy to grasp, we'd conquer it and move on. But God's aim has us ever reaching, striving, questioning, asking, and searching; searching out God's Scriptures, his character, his being. He wants us close to him-- glorifying Him, worshiping Him, addoring Him; His aim, when we make it our aim, brings us into the aim of our life, I believe.
More on this when I see you next. :o)
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