“It is not a purpose ‘Driven’ life. It is a purpose ‘Given’ Life. It is living the life God intended uniquely for you.” Coach Galen
The Pro-Development model is the most helpful tool I have found to give a person a heading in the right direction to living their life purposefully.
Since 1993, I have seriously observed, pondered, explored, and sought an answer to this question: What I have learned so far: The importance of the individual is never diminished in the collective body of Christ. Inclusion in the Church is guaranteed through personal connection with Jesus Christ. Physical spaces are sacred places wherever His Church gathers. Religious conformity to a church is a questionable sign of righteousness. Godly character is the first requirement for church leadership. True equality is grounded in the creative activity of the Triune God. Individual value/worth is divinely assured through individual uniqueness. God ordains to each person a “gift of blessing” to be both enjoyed and shared. Being “fully alive” in Christ in this life is serious preparation for the life...
“Dear God, just because we can, it doesn’t mean we have the wisdom to know what we should (be or do). The choices being made by the individual human beings today are fraught with misguided motives, based on distorted information, heading toward questionable ends. In other words, as a human race, we are pretty messed up. And political correctness isn’t helping the situation. Seems like we’ve lost the wisdom of the ages and are foolishly writing our own rules for life, faith, and justice. O.K. I am a little pessimistic that we’ll reconcile the mess we are in as a nation, being nearly equally divided between social justice and individual responsibility. What does ‘numbering my days aright’ (Moses, Psalm 90:12) look like? How do I...