Obstacles That Get In the Way

I have mentioned  before we can be

sidetracked  in our live purpose. 

Mostly  we didn't  know that we had 

a purpose  to begin with.  

I am sure many believe that we are 

here and don't even know there is

a purpose  even if we believe in God.

We may think we live our lives for

a number of years then die. We may

go to heaven.  Purpose  isn't  in our

minds at all. We may do good things

since we are good  people. Possible 

bad people  do good things once in

a while too.

Those who do realize that they have

a purpose  while  living might be

distracted by the world in doing the

right thing or lack of belief or faith.

Right before  I  started writing  this it

came to my mind in the old testament

there was a man named Job. The book

about him is right before Psalms. There

is though he lived right after Genesis.

In any case he was maybe the richest 

man of his day.

Satan came to God to speak about his

servant Job. Satan said to God he believes 

in you because he is rich and has a big

family.  He wouldn't  believe if he didn't 

have anything or a lot less anyway. God

believed something in Job that he told

Satan you can do anything  to Job except 

kill him. God didn't  say about his family.

Satan had Job became very ill along with

loosing everything  including his children.

Job even lost his reputation since his

friends and many that knew him that he

must have sinned against God. Even his

wife wanted him to curse God and die.

In the end Job had his reputation  restored

since he didn't  curse God. His friends were

told by God that they sinned against Job.

The man Job was still  honored by God for

his faith. Don't  know  much else about

Job though God gave him double what he

had before Satan came to him. He had  more

children as well and lived a long life. I  am  

not sure what the total  of  Job's purpose 

however he showed what it means to believe 

no matter what the cost is.

This is the only story  I know of in the  Bible

of it's  type though I  believe it symbols  the

life of Jesus Christ a few thousands years

before  him. I  believe it shows what we can

do no matter  what  obstacles  that can get

in our way and how we can overcome as well. 

❤️❤️❤️❤️

What is Our Motivation

I believe God is behind our purpose. 

We were created  for  a  purpose 

he designed before we were born.

Sometimes as I  have mentioned  

before it takes a while for us to

understand  what our  purpose  is.

I  certainly  know it was for me.

I believe  that  our job or vocation 

sometimes gets us ready for our

purpose.  Our talents  especially  

have to be refined to get our 

purpose where it ought  to be. 

It does come down to us individually.

Some people  know their purpose 

early  in life while others like myself 

takes longer. Success can be happen

at anytime. 

Though God created us for a purpose 

he gives us a choice too. I  think  about

when I  was in high school  I  wanted to

be a sportscaster.  I  knew a lot about 

sports and I  still do. The thing is I didn't

have as much talent back then that I

believe I do now. It isn't  that I was real

bad that there are a lot of good sportscaster

out there. It is like other jobs to.

I  discovered other jobs over the years and

I  am  more mature as well.  If I  did things

over again I would be a sports writer since

I  am  a better writer than a speaker though

I  think I  could do both now.

I am  sure  other people  have done different 

occupations over the years. They go into

retirement from work and find even a greater

purpose.  We have become mature and have

the time to do so. I  am  sure  God's purpose 

and your idea of purpose  will come together

though he has given you free will  on it. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

We Should Know

We should know that we need more.

No matter how good we are at some

things we need others  to help us.

This where we are at. Though we have 

a purpose others are around us with 

their purpose to help us.

Having others will make us stronger.

We will still won't be perfect or all

together strong however makes our

life feel a lot better.

We can think about what are we here

for. We can't just hang out until our

life is over. That would be a tough way

to live for sure. We know money doesn't 

buy us every thing.

We are put into a family to feel better

above us. Unfortunately it doesn't

always work out that way. We maybe 

blessed into a good and lovely family

however not everyone is. The key is 

how people deal when the family isn't

what it should be.  Some are able to

overcome a bad experience why others

don't. This is a good reason to help

others who were put into a bad  situation. 

Keep your eyes open where you can

help someone else who is missing

what you got.  ♥♥♥♥

In His Image

The book of Genesis  in the Bible 

says we are created  in God's 

image.  Quite awesome  if we

think about it.

Throughout  the Bible we can see

what is like. We can think about

what we are like as well.  Of course

we are not up to God's  level.  The

book of Genesis  speaks of the fall

of man in the garden of Eden.

Even so we can think of our potential 

since we are in God's  image. It 

doesn't  mean we are a god ourself.

We can use our imagination to think

that God is like as well.  Just think

our character and personality. God

lives in the light and we can think our

character in the light as well as our

personality.  Unfortunately  we live in 

darkness sometimes  to.

I am imagining taking every human

being on the face of the earth and

our attributes  all together. Well God

has many of the same and a lot more

too.

Let us spend time in our thoughts 

and imagination who God is like.

❤️❤️❤️❤️

Hearing From God

Many Christians  and those seeking

after God want to hear his voice 

and receive words from him.

My experience is  God usually speaks 

with a small voice. He often speaks 

through people  too.

I have heard  several  sermons and

I  have gone to few conferences on

hearing from God.

A good idea if you have felt that you

haven't never from God or it has been

a while is when you first wake up in

the morning ask him to  give you a

verse out of the Bible. Do that everyday 

and I  am  pretty  sure  you will  hear 

from him clearer and  clearer.  

This morning  I  asked God for a word

from the Bible. He gave me Psalm  19. 

It talks about heaven and his righteousness. 

Often I  ask God what he wants me to 

write on this blog. This is how much

he cares about you. He gave me hearing 

from him. He yearns to hear from everyone. 

Even those who don't  know  about him.

He will  even tell you more about your

purpose.  ❤️❤️❤️❤️

It is Ok

Whatever we do in our purpose  it is ok.

It is important  to work on our skills

though.

Right now I  am  working on being a

better  listener.  Although I  love to

talk it is as important to listen. 

Those who don't  talk as much do 

have a lot to say as well.  The important 

thing is to draw it out of them. The

way is to ask questions  that will

allow them to break out. What is

important  to  them. 

Those who don't  talk as much have 

a lot to say however others don't ask

them. It doesn't  mean  they will ever

be big talkers but will be able to share 

what is important.  

So if you know something  about

someone  like their family ask them

and sit  back to listen.

Another skill is to watch for others

body language.  By doing so you will 

see whether  they are wanting  to pick

up what you are saying and get into

the conversation.  This will lead us 

to increase our purpose.  ❤️❤️❤️❤️

How are You?

This is a question  I  am  asked a lot.

How are you? I  am  sure there are

many that are asked the same question. 

I believe that question  is  asked by

those we have met the first time or

we haven't  seen  in a while. How

much time we have s much of a

reason.  Many ways it is a greeting

as well. 

This all comes down to the specific 

person  asking the question.  I  certainly 

don't  want to answer it the same way

always whether positive or negative. 

Wednesday was my grand niece Georgia's 

second birthday. Though I  wasn't  there

to see her since I  live in the Seattle area

she is in St. Louis Missouri so I  did wish

her a happy  birthday.  Anyway  answering 

how are you I say good or great and say 

this is my great niece Georgia's birthday. 

Have enough time I showed the picture 

of her on my smart phone.

Since I  am  one who wants to encourage

others my plan is to have at least one word 

in that direction.  Each morning and find 

out from God what word can I give others 

on  this day.

Since my purpose  is  to  encourage you. I 

may give the same or similar to  what I say

here. Say I  feel the word to say would be

hope. I  will  ask a question  that may sound

like how are you or one that will allow me

to respond back to their answer. 

I know not everyone has the same in their

purpose  to encourage  others or at least

not directly.  Whatever your purpose  is

encouragement is included in there somehow. 

When you awake up think about you want 

to express to others on that day and who

they maybe. They can be your family or

coworkers or customers or anyone you

will meet  in the market place.  Whatever

you do will make an impact on them. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Open Doors

Asking others questions is a good

way to open doors.

They will feel better about you. These

days people are busy so you ask one

or two questions. If they seem to want

to engage longer than that is fine or

stay the time they have.

This comes down when you are

talking with people. This is more 

with those you meet in the market 

place. In a group setting time is

more likely be longer however 

beginning with one or two questions

is still a good idea. They may expand

what they have to say. If they want

more they will ask you. It comes down

to body language. Whatever the case

they need to know you care about them

and you are willing to give the time and

space.  ♥♥♥♥

Being Positive

When it comes to our purpose we

should be positive.

This doesn't mean things will always

be good however being positive will

help for sure.

Take every talent and gift you have

that is positive right now and press

in on more of them. 

Those that seem not to be positive

to work on them to become positive.

There isn't a way for us to make

everything positive without having the

faith to do so. 

Take time to improve on those things

that are not working however those that

are positive to do even more so.

♥♥♥♥

Freedom Of Speech continue

I have written  before about freedom 

of speech.  It is in the Constitution  of the United States.  There are are those who are trying to break it in our country by threatening  their employees. 

This is happening  with the school district  in the area that I  live. They are  wanting teachers not to speak on some issues.  I don't mind saying it is ridiculous. 

A major issue without  going into great

detail since I  don't  know all the facts.

One thing I  do know they are trying to

break  up families where children don't 

have to  tell their parents about sexual

identity. 

The thing about going against freedom 

of speech  is the threat of losing their

job. The Supreme Court has ruled againstnit however the school district  and likely the state government  are not accepting the ruling.

This is showing  the  threats against the

freedom of  speech and the Constitution. Please  pray for those who are parents

in this  area and those living in United

States. This shows how dark the place

I  live in. Those who live in the light must

battle. Another  area of our purpose  is 

to stand up against what is wrong and evil.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Increasing Our Purpose

Although we know what our purpose 

for the most part it can be increased

as well. 

We may only  know our purpose in

part. What  I am saying is that we 

know the basics of it or we are doing

what we know is our purpose. 

There are  things that we may still

see to come in our purpose.  We

should be open to all possibilities.

Make sure you get ready for more

that comes along. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Having Rest

It is good that we spend a day

for rest. Once a week would be 

ideal however taking a part of

a day is good if we can't for

the full day.

Taking rest may include having

a nap. The important thing is

we take a few minutes to clear

our heads. This means not to

think about anything for a few 

minutes. 

I know it isn't easy since I am

thinking about something all

or most of the time. 

A good idea would to start for

a minute and not think. Do

this at least once a day. After

that make two to five minutes

and not think. Increase it every

so often that at some point you

are not thinking for at least an

hour. 

This will allow to be rested and

have the energy to do more. It

may allow you not to have as much

sleep at night too. 

When you are done resting for a

minute or longer start meditating

and prayer. Adding music during 

the time. The music that is positive.

This may let us have an increase 

of purpose and where we won't

be distracted by meaningless things.

♥♥♥♥

Be A Great Leader

Those who know they have a purpose 

can be great leaders too. 

The main reason  you know your strengths  

and are aware  of your weaknesses.  You

use your strengths  and find people who

can help you with your weaknesses.  They

have the strengths in the areas you are 

weak.

Having someone  like that to be your

partner means that some point you will

be both be reat leaders. 

Another way  to  become a great leader 

is fine someone  who you feel  has the 

same values as you and you consider

them your mentor.  Go to them and

spend time to learn. 

May you have a blessed day and may

you  take another good step.  ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Having A Good Time

The most important  part of living a life

of purpose  is having a good  time. 

We can take it seriously  which is what

we should do. Fun should be a important 

ingredient. It is  like cooking a dish where

every ingredient  makes  it taste good.

The same goes for our life purpose. 

Nothing should be missed. 

Like most things there is a time to be

serious and a time for fun. Situations 

happen where seriousness  has to be

the focus. When it is done then throw

in fun. 

Have a great day and may fun take

place at some time. May what is

serious get resolved in quick and

timely manner.  ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Not About Us

We should realize our purpose is

not just about us. It is about everyone

else we come into contact with including

family, friends and occasional person.

I was at a meeting Monday morning

and one of the leaders mentioned

making lists like I have mentioned on several.occasions when it has been about 

their life purpose eighty-four percent 

accomplished them.

It is not like we have to make a list 

however having the thoughts and

doing so when making up our minds.

When I say it is not about us we 

can feel what we do is this important.

We do it for everyone else. ♥♥♥♥

Having Love

What we all need is love.  Our number one

purpose is to love God. Our second purpose

should be to love others. 

Including loving others who don't love

us. Jesus Christ said to love our enemies.

I think the meaning is those who are

not in our circles of friends.  There could

be ones that do hate us for who we are

or what we represent. 

We might think that people not looking

at us or give us attention when we say

hello or wave. Some people might be

focused somewhere else than us. W

might go back to remembering our

childhood where we  were not

acknowledged by the popular kids 

or we thought they were.

The point is we should love others

whether they love us in return. Our

lives will feel much that way. It does

not mean they are active members

of our lives or we trust them. We love

them anyway. ♥♥♥♥

Being Unique

Everyone of us is unique. Not only

how we look but our character, 

personality, talents and gifts.

We may have someone who looks

similar to us since can be mistaken

for someone else. Even so that other 

person won't have the exact same

character as we do. The same goes

for all the traits.

It is important to spend time around

people that are similar to us and those

who have differences too. It all works

out since we need each other.

Often people like to spend time with

those who have similar interests. I

like to spend time with someone who

enjoys baseball which happens to be

my favorite sport. They may or may not

see baseball the same way I do or they

have a different team however they 

would be a joy to be around. I don't

have an opportunity to do so very often.

It would be nice to seek out others who

have different interests as I do. I may

begin to like what they enjoy or at least

get a perspective it.

Meeting others we can find those who

can receive our gifts and talents. We

can mentor them or tutor those who

have a weakness in the area we have

a talent in. They may want to get better

at what we are strong in. They may never 

reach the same level we are at however

have enjoyment in it.  ♥♥♥♥

The First Step

When it comes to our life purpose  is  

to begin with what we know. 

This is when we discover our purpose

or we want to get back to it if we 

haven't  done it for a while.

What we know is what is important  to  

us and we are very good at it too. God

gave us tge gifts and talents to live a

successful life and the most important 

thing is to help others.

I know that I am big on lists so again

you can make a list of what is important 

to you. The  first on the list should be

God and family.  Friends and those you

work with be next. Naming all those 

things you are good at and are important. 

We can share all these important things

with family, friends and co-workers.  

These can be those on the list that has

nothing to do with that are the very top

of the list since you are sharing  them

already.

Those at the top  of  the  list you can

share with new people. Those you

may meet. Often the top of the list

is what you do for work or do regular 

outside of work. You might be part

of a group  or organization.  In these

two areas you will likely  meet new

people on a regular basis. They are

the ones you will now influence as

part of your purpose. 

We don't  always  have  to  go out

of our way to meet  new people. 

It generally  happens in our daily

lives.  You feel that  you may have

more time to know more people 

then you can find a cause that is

important  to  you.  They may be

something  you already do or not.

All leads to more opportunities. 

❤️❤️❤️❤️

Discipling Others

Jesus Christ sent out his 12 disciples

and many others in the book of Acts

to spread the Gospel through the

known world at the the time.

The Christian church should be doing

the same today. Discipling is to teach

new believers. Other religions follow 

the same way as well. It is a good sales 

tactic as well.  We can be very successful

in whatever we do going out in pairs.

Depending on what we do we can go in

threes or fours too. Whatever you maybe

selling or teaching a pair is more effective.

When the pair speaks to one or two others

it is not intimidating as more. Some may

feel they have the feeling of lost space.

Whether we discipling,  mentoring or a

tutor it is a way to do our life purpose.

Some may go out on their own however

having support as well helps a lot. There

lots of things we can do when speaking

to others. We can set an example or

teach. It can go by teaching someone

to read or learn a language or playing 

an instrument or a sport. This is a good 

way to spend time in your community

and make others feel better.

♥♥♥♥

Running the Race

In the New Testament of the Bible  there 

is scriptures on running the race and in

end finishing across  the finish line. 

Hebrews 12:2  speaks of running a good

race. A race with perseverance, the race 

marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus.

The race marked out for us sounds like

our purpose  in my mind. In 1 Corinthians 

9: 24 says that only one will win the prize.

We must run as the one who will win the 

prize. 

Olympic  games  the participants  are all

after winning the gold medal. In each

event only one will receive the gold medal.

We should all work toward winning the 

gold medal and whatever that is in our life.

❤️❤️❤️❤️

What We Want To Do Best

Doing our best in life is what most of

us would like to do.

Going along with the best is doing

what we  enjoy at the same time.

We are very blessed  doing both.

Sometimes  we have to do what we 

may not want  to as well.  We do our

best under these circumstances  too.

Things can get in the way as well.

Generally  that is iur health or the

health  of someone  close to us.

In these trying times we have to 

persevere.

Wherever  your live is right now

do the best you can do. Wait for

doors  and new opportunities to

come along.   ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Being Ambitious

Some people  may definitely knowing  your

purpose  as being ambitious.  I  can see 

there are those can  see it this way. May

even be successful  by being ambitious. 

The key is not how successful  we are by

numbers but how many are being affected 

by our purpose.  

Our ambition  may go a long way however

how real we are is more effective. I  figure

if one person  makes a life change here I

am really  happy. I truly  believe  there are

more though I  don't  know what they are.

Knowing you are sincere is very effective. 

These days a lot of those are leading lives

much different though they likely living a

good  purpose  in life and not be happy. 

❤️❤️❤️❤️

Meeting People

I know in this day and age not everyone

wants to meet other people though I enjoy

doing so.

I figure it is part of my purpose although

I sometimes find it stop talking when 

people need to go for other things.

I am learning to do better though.

For me I am easy to talk to others

including those I don't know or not

talk to very frequently.

Since much of the conversation is 

during the day at a coffee shop or

grocery store after being at the gym

people do have fascinating lives.

At the coffee shop some of them

are working remotely. In some

cases far away from their employer.

What they do can be interesting.

I recommend speaking to others

even if it hard to do. I know that

I would like others to talk to me

though I am usually the one speaking

first. Finding out what they do and

share their life makes it enjoying. Sometimes I do talk  about my family however it is better to engage about there's. 

♥♥♥♥

This Sunday

I was able to minister to two people

on their life purpose and what their

purpose actually is. Along with that

is to pray for them to what is causing

them from being unable to do their

purpose at the highest level.

Let you not only doing this not only

excites me at the same time I am

not close my highest level either.

I have issues and the enemy tries

to side tract me too. 

Are you still not sure  your purpose.

What you are doing for much of it

is your purpose. Your likes and your

hobbies are included too. I have 

mentioned before go ask others

what they believe is your purpose.

For some it is easy to talk with

others while for others it is more

difficult to do. It is important we 

all speak to others however getting

there can take some time.

Though I am an extrovert it did take 

me time to get there as well. Now I

am able go speak to others more

comfortable. It doesn't mean we have

to talk for a while we can speak for

two or three minutes to begin.  

Everyone is busy so speaking for

a while can be a challenge. Talking

two or three minutes mean others

that someone else do care and that

is the main reason.

So begin slowly if you have too. Overtime

we will get better at it. The place to

go is the marketplace where a lot of

people are at. Begin with hello and how

are you. Yes some won't want to speak

back but that is OK as well. Knowing you

care about them is the main thing.

I hope in the future to travel more and

meet with others. I hope to meet you

where you are at.  So do what you can.

♥♥♥♥

Different Aspects To Our Purpose

We each have different aspects to

the purpose God has given us. We

have daily things to do while others 

happen in occasion whether it is

once a week or so. 

Your job and family would be part

of your daily purpose in a way posting

here is for me. Your purpose might

be different on the other days. You

might get together with others on a

weekly basis or every other week 

depending when they are scheduled.

The importance is being ready for

every day for what purpose comes

along.

We have to look at past experiences to.see what may help in the future. Today is the most time for our purpose since it is where 

we are at right now.  We plan for tomorrow

for tomorrow and weeks ahead although

we don't know how long we will be here.

It is good to pray about it as well.

May your purpose be right in line for

today.  ♥♥♥♥

Knowing Ourselves

An important  part  of  our purpose  is 

knowing  ourselves a lot. Loving us

to is a key ingredient.  I  am sure 

we can't  love ourselves  as  much

as God does  however it helps.

Knowing  what what our gifts and

talents  along with using them. It

is important  to  know our weaknesses 

and strengths. Over time we can

get better on our weak points. 

It is possible  that the more we use

our gits and talents that  one or

more God may give a weakness a

gift. He wants to give us our heart 

desire and a weakness might be 

one of those even if we have given

up on it. So keep  at it. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Having Compassion

Compassion is a gift of the Holy Spirit. 

This came to my mind when writing on

passion since it the route word for it.

Having the gift of compassion would 

mean it would come upon  you when 

meeting  an individual.  It could be in

a public setting  or in group situation.

This person could be someone you 

know or you have met for the first 

time. Compassion  for the person

may come on you because  they 

are in a tough situation  or have an

illness  where you end up praying 

for them to get well.  This could be

a time showing God's  love for them 

to.

Most likely  the person  giving the 

compassion is used in this manner

more often than the average  person. 

It doesn't  mean  you may give it on

some rare occasions as well. This 

gift is so important  in this age we 

are in and the spiritual attacks we 

might be in. 

The person might have sin that they 

don't  know to get rid and feels very 

guilty and condemned  at the same 

time.  Be opened to this gift your 

purpose  could save their life.

❤️❤️❤️❤️

Continue On Passion

Now that we have thought about our

passions and wrote a list of them how

often do we actually  involved in them.

I am sure we are involved in most of

them on a daily basis. Those are not 

the question  is  why not.  I  expect 

the answer is not having enough time.

This is the case not having enough time

is being involved in a few of the passions

to some degree along with  work and

raising the family. 

This is the case than an idea is to do one

of your passions  you haven't  done in a

while on the weekend.  Take a different 

one on a weekend.  You can have your

family take part. One of my father's 

passions was sailing. We were involved

in it for a lot of it. Some weekends he

was in sailboat  races and we would go

along sometimes.  ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Passion Of Our Life Purpose

A good question  is  what are our passions.

They are what makes up in our life purpose. 

It is goes with our character, talents and

gifts.

I have  a passion  for  writing  and  sports.

Oh yes for music as well. If I  write down 

my passions I know that I  can list several

more as well.  This comes down  to  what

my purpose  in life.  

The great thing isI can pass it on to others

too. Even those who not inclined in  talking

a lot still pass things on to others by their

actions.  For those of us who like to talk a

good way is to get those who don't as much

is to have them  open up. Easy way is to ask

them questions  about their life and a good

way is to find out their passions. We might

even find common ground.  ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Taking Steps

It is important to take steps all

the time to get better at our gifts 

and talents.

Important to let others know they

are loved and have a lot to.offer

as well. 

Though we have different gifts

and talents the goal should

always to help others.

There is a possibility that some

may not accept our help and

encouragement. This is true

for those who don't like us at

all. All we can do is our very

best for others.  ♥♥♥♥