Monday, April 7, 2008

What is important in life?

In our modern life, we seems to be occupied by many things. Career, family, wealth and many things creep into our life as we grow old. And so much things we want to have in life, sometimes we become lost and don't know what is important in life.

What is important in life itself is actually a life itself. Without life we would not able to enjoy or even exist in this world. Life is about relationship. To live means to be able to relate with living things around us which is human beings. We can replace things that are broken or sent it to repair. But for human, you can never find another replacement. Nowdays technology is so advanced that we become less and less relational person. Without love there would be no relationship. Love is a very important part of our Christian living. Bible say that God is love. And to know God means to know love. Love must be the foundation for us to obey every command from Him.

Therefore our life will be more fulfilling if we use to love. And the love of God must be the source and strength for us to love others (1 Corinthians 13:3). People ask me how we can practical show our life. I once read a book about love language and how each person receive different type of love expression. When I look into the life of my friends and church members, I observe that most people need someone to be with. Our soul need to fellowship both with God and people. And to do this we need to spend time. Time is priceless and we cannot get back the time we lost. We can make more money but we can never make more time. In today's life,If we look at 10 commandments in the bible, the first 4 command talk about our relationship with God and the other 6 commands show us how to relate with peoples. Basically, I believe if we love God and know Him well, we can easily love others. Love will leave a legacy behind and impact lives.

Mother Teresa once said it's not what you do but how much love you put into it that matters. Think about it, when we're dying we would like to see the faces of people that we love most beside us. I once read a book said that you can love without giving but you cannot love without giving. Giving will come naturally when we love and this include our time. The best time for us will be now because there are no guarantee for tomorow. Many things will change as time goes by. We won't want to lose the opportunity to show our love to the people around us.

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