PURPOSE IN LIFE

Hoping this will inspire you..AND BLESS YOU TOO READERS. THIS IS MY SISTER'S POEM..

THANK YOU DEAR SISTER FOR THIS INSPIRING POEM A TRUE BLESSING!

PURPOSE IN LIFE

AS I STROLL DOWN LIFE'S' PATH;
AND RECOUNT HOW FAR I HAVE COME IN THIS JOURNEY,
AND LOOK AT WHAT'S IN THE BALANCE OF MY LIFE,
DOES THE GOOD OUTWEIGH THE REST?
OR DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE REALLY?
AND AS I PONDER DAY AND NIGHT
WHAT COULD I HAVE DONE TO AVOID
SOME OF THOSE, LINGERING PAINFUL CONSEQUENCES;
ONCE AGAIN THE BALANCE IS BEFORE ME,
AND I SEE, IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS OFF
NO MATTER WHAT WAY I WOULD HAVE CHOSEN;
DURING THAT MOMENT I SENSE SUCH HELPLESSNESS
TO CHANGE ANYTHING THATS ALREADY DONE,
MUCH LIKE THERE IS JUST SOMETHING MISSING,
TO BETTER DEFINE....LIVING.

SOME HAVE SAID TO ME,
LIFE SHOULD BE LIVED TO ITS FULLEST"
AND YET SO MANY ARE ROBBED AND DEPRIVED OF IT.
SUCH UNSATISFACTION STIRS INSIDE,,
EVEN SETTLES IN MY VERY BEING,
AND REGARDLESS
IF THE BALANCE HAS EVEN NOW AND THEN
AND AT TIMES SEEMED ALMOST PERFECT;
THEN IS EVEN THIS PERFECTION EVER LASTING?
OR EVEN WORTHWHILE?
CAUSE THE MORE I TRY TO STAY ON TRACK
THE MOMENT ITS SEEMS I'M CATCHING UP;
I'M AGAIN FALLING BEHIND.
THIS WAS MY LIFE LIVED IN VAIN,
I MUST SAY UP TO THAT DAY,

THEN ONE MARVELOUS MORNING,
I WOKE UP TO REALIZE I JUST HAD A DREAM;
AND IN THIS DREAM, I SAW MYSELF READING
SOME AMAZING WORDS;
THIS IS WHAT I READ,
"FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD,
THAT HE GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON,
SO THAT EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM
WILL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE".
AS I SAT THERE ,
IT ALL SUDDENLY BECAME CLEAR TO ME,
WHY I FELT SUCH HELPLESSNESS,
WHY ALL THESE FEELINGS
FOR SO LONG; OF LONGING ,
AND NEVER FINDING
TRULY WHAT I KNEW WAS EVERLASTING!
IT WAS IN THAT INSTANT
THAT MY EYES FILLED WITH TEARS,
AND JOY FLOODED MY SOUL,
AND I BEGAN TO SAY THESE WORDS OUT LOUD,
"GOD I BELIEVE
YOU SENT YOUR ONE AND ONLY SON FOR ME, TO DIE,
SO THAT I WOULD NOT FEEL EVER AGAIN
THAT I AM FALLING BEHIND OR WILL PERISH,
OR THAT THERE IS NO PURPOSE
IN THIS LIFE,
AND THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING
FOR ALL ALONG LORD, A LIFE WORTH LIVING!
IT WAS NEVER MORE CLEAR TO ME
FROM THAT VERY MOMENT ON THAT THE ONLY WAY;
TO REALLY DEFINE LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLEST,
WAS IN THE VERY REASON WHY HE WOULD DIE FOR ME,
AND EVERLASTING BECAME REAL TO ME, WHEN I UNDERSTOOD
WHAT MY SOUL LONGED FOR; GIVING BACK TO HIM;
WHAT WAS TRULY NEVER MINE FROM THE BEGINNING;
THEN KNOWING ALL MY LIFE
I WAS LIVING FOR HIM,
SUCH GRATEFULNESS FILLS MY SOUL
THAT MY GREATEST HOPE AND DREAM ;
HAS BECOME REALITY IN YOU LORD!

Nancy Martin copyright 2006

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