WITNESS
9-14-13
FINDING MEANING IN LIFE
Where do you find meaning
In your life
Is it family
Is it friends
Is it some worthwhile cause
Greater than you
All worthy
All worthwhile
All very important
But I suggest to you
That you can never
Really truly find yourself
And the meaning of life
Until you find God
“For whoever finds me finds life
And receives favor from the Lord
But whoever fails to find me
Harms himself
All who hate me love death”
Proverbs 8:35-36
Leo Tolstoy was a great great man
Rich in wealth and fame
With a beautiful wife
But as time went on
He suffered serious bouts of depression
And even contemplated suicide
But he eventually
Found peace by reading the Bible
Particularly Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount
He dedicated the rest of his days
To building the Kingdom
of God
On earth
“Whoever finds his life
Will lose it
And whoever loses his life
For my sake
Will find it”
Matthew 10:39
Was a womanizer
And living a lost life
He even had
A mistress and an illegitimate son
His Mother---Saint Monica
Continued to pray for him
And his conversion
Augustine
Felt a deep yearning
For something more in his life
One day he just flipped open the Bible
And it opened to:
“Let us conduct ourselves
properly
And in the day
Not in orgies and drunkenness
Not in promiscuity and licentiousness
Not in rivalry and jealousy
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ
And make no provision
For the desires of the flesh” Romans 13:13-14
Leo Tolstoy found God
How about you
How about me
“You have made us for yourselves,
Oh Lord,
And our hearts are restless
Until they rest in you”
Saint Augutine
In 1977
I had one life and death operation
Two more were to come that same year
For most of that year
I was flat on my back in my room
Unable to get out of my bed
It was then that I began
A deep deep search to find God
Jesus taught us how to pray
Many many years ago,
“Go in your room alone
Close the door
And pray to your Father in secret
And your Father
Who sees in secret
Will repay you”
Matthew 6:6
Life is a journey
Not a destination
And along the way
I found God
Family has stepped up
For me
Friends have stepped forward
For me
Churches have stepped forward
For me
Where do you find your meaning
in life
Family, friends, a cause greater than yourself
“Seek first the KINGDOM OF GOD
And all these things
Will be given to you”
Luke 12:31
WE ARE ALL
CHILDREN OF GOD
CHILDREN OF GOD
Robert P. Wallman
4-22-11
*Inspired by The Word Among Us”---March 9th to
April 23rd issue
Ps WITNESS 9-14-13
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