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Purpose ...
Tuesday, Aug 14, 2018. What is it that gives purpose to life? What is it we should invest in? What is it, or who is it, which provides a sustainable goal and purpose and driving force of what we are, what we do, what we want, what we enjoy?
… in our hearts …
What is the core thing in our hearts? What is it that helps us to be who we are? To be what you can be is an important point for many of us. Some have enough will and reach a lot of things. It can be great to have success, but it can also be a complete illusion. Humans are not great because they have particular gifts.
We are great and fantastic because we are made like this. We are full of dignity, since there is the eternal God who made us, who wants us and who gave and provides this dignity. It is deeply rooted into human existence. It is given to us - to the old and the young, to the busy and the bored.
In the letter to the Ephesians, the apostle Paul writes about what can fill our hearts. He writes about the source of life:
… so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, (Ephesians 3, 17+18)
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(Roland Potthast) ... weitere Texte