live life given away

This year can be different from the last, this day can be different from the last. We have the new opportunity each day to get up and get over ourselves. To give our life away to a greater cause than self-service. In doing so we will be able to look back this time next year and see that our moments could not have been spent better. The vast majority of the messages from our culture demand self preservation, "watch out for you," "look out for number one, because no one else will," "do what pleases you," "if you're not happy, no one else should be either," and so forth. However, in reality, the times that I myself have been least happy with myself are when I am all about serving me.

The thing is, is that I often get caught in a downward spiral in that way of thinking. I am doing what "me" wants, however I'm not happy, therefore I continue to do what "me" wants because after all isn't that to bring me satisfaction eventually? But it never does. Which is when it's necessary to take a step back and realize that there is something else out there, something bigger than my finite self to live for...and oh how thankfully so! How great it is to be able to be a part of something bigger than me. Not just something bigger, but something that benefits this world, something that helps and heals humanity, something that perseveres beyond my strength and permeates the very moments of tomorrow.

For me that something greater is the cause of Christ. The cause which states that there is a Creator God who loves each and every individual so indescribably much. He loves with a love which can barely be expressed by our limited span of language. The cause of Christ is one which points to hope for the hopeless, peace for the desperate, healing for the broken, and love for those that feel so very unworthy. That cause is beyond me, but I am a part of it. And each day that I choose to live life given away for that cause, not only provides me with purpose but satisfies to the fullest. Myself and those that I get the chance to come in contact with are influenced for the better, and oddly enough the last thought on my mind would have been "how am I doing something good for me today?"

This year can be different, this life can be different.