24 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. 25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. 26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. 27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.' - Acts 17:22-28
Dear Jesus,
So many things happen to me. I also make so many things happen both good and bad. Every era of my life has been marked by some kind of stress. It seems that looking back or looking forward is always more pleasant than looking at the present. Daily, I wonder what the meaning to my life is? I wonder who I am, why I am here and where I am going. By grace and in love for my soul you have given me the only answers that work for me. Who am I? I am your special creation, invented by you to hold this space and time. But I have fallen too. I'm not everything you hoped I would be. So, why am I here? I'm here at this place and time to find you and your mercy. I'm here in the present with all it's stresses to reach out for you and find you once again. Where am I going? I'm going through this short life to a day when I will stand before you the author of all of life and I will be welcomed into heaven by grace and grace alone. You have given me the meaning to my life! Thank you for choosing me of all people to be granted the insight that makes life truly meaningful.
Amen
Pastor Don Patterson
Everyone is in search of meaning. We find no lasting meaning until we search for and find God himself.
Additional Reading: Psalm 139, John 4