My Life's Purpose

I've wondered about my purpose in life on numerous occasions. I've yet to come up with a solid answer. I think I have many purposes. I believe I was meant to be a wife and mother and do the best I can. I believe the Lord put me here for more than one reason. I haven't fulfilled those jobs yet, thank goodness. I hope that I don't fulfill them anytime soon. I want to see my girls grow up and get married and have children and have fulfilling lives themselves.

I may not be here just for my family either. I could be here to meet up with someone down the road. Maybe I've already met them, or maybe I never will meet them. Maybe I'm not meant to meet anyone at all. Maybe my presence alone is all that's needed.

I guess I'm content with not really knowing what my purpose in life is right now. My understanding is that once I've accomplished my purpose I'll be heading to Heaven. That wouldn't be such a bad idea except I'd hate to leave my girls. I know God would look after them and they'd be in caring hands with their dad, but I want to be part of their lives. Sometimes I think they are my sole purpose in life.

I think I have a purpose at work, too. It's not something someone else couldn't do, but I've been there for twenty years. I think that's where God needs me. So I believe that things happen for a reason and we're placed in situations that we're supposed to be in, even if they're bad. I think that some of the most profound things can come from tragedies. Who would ever think that something positive could come from say a fire or a tornado? I don't know what it feels like to lose everything in a fire, and I hope I never do. If no lives were lost I'd consider that a positive. I think that would make me believe that God definitely had something important planned for me. But, again, I've not been in that situation.

I think about all of the contacts I've had with different people over the years. Sometimes things came about due to those meetings, and other times nothing did. But maybe something I don't know about happened. Maybe it was just that I said Hello to someone. Maybe it changed their outlook for the day.

So, ultimately, I think we all have more than one purpose in our lives. We may never know what they are, but He does. We have our own free will and I hope that we all make the right decisions to fulfill those purposes, although not before we're ready. But then again, it isn't our time to go when we're ready, right?