it gnaws at your inner stability...
in silent but poignant thrusts it
sporadically yet persistently pounds
at your security foundation despite
all your outward protestations of
stable satisfaction from awards for
hard-fought victories over the challenges
of life...circumstances that have
embodied your incessant hunger for
happiness - a fulfillment that never
quite arrives despite all your passionate
endeavors of sensual indulgence...
ego gratification....pleasing others...
ambitious achieving...competitive
recognitions...and all the benefits of
material success...still...it is not enough
and despite your exhausting schedule
it remains a perpetual merry-go-round
consistently bringing you back again
and again to where you first began
your quest....winning trophy after
trophy which then reluctantly rust
in the recycling bin of meaninglessness...
in the face of such Desolation one is
compelled to ask the Ultimate Question -
What is the Purpose of your life?...such
a fundamental question can either be
viewed through the lens of hopelessness
or Grace...one leading to an uncertain
ending...the other to a New Beginning...
Desolation is not merely a negative if it
leads to the Consolation from the Ultimate
Answer - but for that to occur it must have a
Certainty about it and thus.it cannot be a
temporary solution - here today and
gone tomorrow...it must be never-ending...
final...Eternal....nor can it be an imperfect
one...it must be Perfect -or else the glass
of your soul remains forever half-full...
nor can it be a finite / limited one for
your desires have no limits...No...it must
Fulfill your Infinite / Eternal Desires
Perfectly...now...just what is that Ultimate
Desire?.. that for which you long...cannot
live without...maybe can run from...
never admit...pretend you don't need but
in the end...in the still of the night
when you are alone in your inmost
thoughts.....dreams... must finally
accept that what you Truly Desire -
beyond all the empty promises of
this world - is to Love and Be Loved...
Infinitely...Eternally...Perfectly...and
logically...that is only possible from
One who is Infinite...Eternal and
Perfect...The One who has Revealed
Himself to be your Creator. .that, yes,
even you - with all your weaknesses...
faults... you who have never even
bothered seeking Him with any
determination and having been an
obsessed lover of self but such a lax
lover of others...how is it that you
should be Offered such an Unimaginable
Gift?...it can only be because That is Who
He is...Creating you out of Love and For
Love...even when all Humanity chose to
walk away from Him...the One Revealed
as the Father of all Creation...who sent
His Son to bear the Cost for their Return....
which means it is Only by Grace that we
have been Saved...New Life has been
Offered... written in the Blood of the
Lamb Sacrificed but Risen so that our
life can be Rooted and Grounded in His
Love by sharing in the very Nature of
the Devine by the Power of His Spirit...
His Story can become our story...the
darkness of this fallen world which
surrounds us...which is in us...can be
Transformed by His Light by saying
yes to His Invitation to Follow Him...
Receive Him as your Personal Lord
and Savior...become His Children and
Be Filled with the Power of His Holy
Spirit in order to Live His Life...Bring
His Kingdom / Word /Love / Light into
this world...and Ultimately Be in His
Loving Presence for all Eternity...and...
yes in this life there will still be troubles...
trials...heartaches...persecutions...suffering...
even death....but He has Overcome this
world...and in the End...we share in His
Victory over All sin...evil...death...for
Jesus is the Ultimate Answer to the
Ultimate Question...Our Purpose in Life
is to...Love Him above all...Love one
another...Serve Him and Build His
Kingdom which will last...Forever...
Reflection / Discussion:
-Have you asked / answered the Ultimate Question?
-If yes, describe your experience.
-If no, describe how this poem affects you.
-Have you asked Jesus to be the Personal Lord / Savior of your life?
-If not, Simply Invite Him in your own words.
-How are you living out your Purpose in Life?
-What can you do to Grow in your Love for the Lord / others?
-What needs to change?
-What is the Lord calling you to do to serve Him?
-Have you "earnestly desired the Spiritual Gifts" as in 1 Corin 14?
-What Gifts of the Spirit do you have?
-How can you grow in those Gifts?
