Take a look within

Thoughts... deep... Thoughts...
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Within the human condition we find ourselves always asking, "What is my purpose?" We are created to be curious and to seek the very nature of our existence. Without this need we would be just mindless wanders in a senseless world. Our need to know more about ourselves makes us want to examine the very nature of the human being. This is a self assessment of who we are.

God in the very same sense is out there waiting for us to do a sober self assessment of who we are. There is no mindless need to follow God without realizing your true need for Him in your life. We hit crossroads which by always choosing to please ourselves leads us back to the same fork. This cycle becomes our everyday routine where we are just passing time by until the next exciting thing happens. We forget to even look inside to what we are truly like or what we truly need since we are more concerned of this hamsters wheel we are running in.

The truth is that we always feel the need to put on a mask of who we are to avoid truly looking inside ourselves. We are all on the same boat. We all want to be loved, no one wants to be hurt, and most importantly none of us would like to be alone. Now I am sure some of you would like to argue that we can be without love, and pain sometimes happens, and lonely... pfffftttt! Who feels that ever?! Yeah I am sure many of us would love to be so sure of ourselves to not need these things but it seems that no matter how many people you surround yourself with, or how much things you own, or what kind of image you have... deep down inside you just want to feel accepted, appreciated, and adored. Our very need is to be part of something.

So what leads us in the other direction or to put on these masks? Well the answer could be a multitude of things, but what it boils down to is sin. All sin is the same as others. For some is lust, not the sexual kind only, but lust of things we desire so much we hurt others or ourselves to attain. Greed is another which sears its grasps into the lives of many. Gluttony, feeding that inner monster to the point we are unsatisfied with ourselves. Sin has a part in all of our lives. In the book of Romans, Paul speak of how all of us are sinners:

"There is no one righteous, not even one;
there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
All have turned away, they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good, not even one." Romans 3:10-12

And it continues to a graphic description of how sin can over take and bring out something so horrendous that the world falls apart. We are all victims of this. I say victims because in our own strength we cannot achieve fulfillment. We cannot "do" enough to get us closer to God. Its His grace and mercy on us that brings us to Him. I I say all this because deep down inside each of us there is something causing discord in our relationship with our family, friends, or even loved ones. We have tried and tried to make it work, even blamed each other to the point of anger and even hatred. I urge you all to look inside yourself and see if there is something about us that keep us at arms length from our desires.

We all can change a little. We can all be better. We can all be filled with joy. Only if we find ourselves looking inside, realizing our need for a savior who loves us for us. It is where we take of our mask and say hey I am imperfect. I am scared and even a little weird at times, but God loves me. I love how He made me to giggle when I am nervous or even how I can smile at the thought of a nap. God made you to be YOU, and that is more than enough for Him to give his son's life for yours. Think about who you are, realize the contents of your heart.

God bless you friends.