I honestly don't really know what I'm doing with my life. There are so many options to choose from. Maybe that's why I changed my major 4 times; maybe that's why I ended up in the Philippines for 3 months. I used to get so overwhelmed back at home thinking of all the things I "have to get done" or I "need to accomplish today."
Life seems so complicated. There's bills to pay, homework to do, bosses to satisfy, things to clean, and not enough hours in a day. But maybe this mundane life we live is much simpler than we think. Jesus gave us all we need to know when He said the greatest commandment is to love God and the second greatest is to love others.
That's pretty simple to me.
When I love God, I desire to please Him. I'm throwing my to-do list that contains my list of menial tasks out the window, and replacing it with this:
- Love God.
- Love People
With loving God and loving people automatically comes the desire to do all these tasks on my to-do list that I just threw out the window. When I love God, I love to make Him happy. The Lord wants me to be diligent in my work, practice wisdom with money, take care of my earthly possessions, and respect my authority. I don't have to check all these items off a list anymore.
Some things in life are a lot simpler than people make them out to be. So I am making the decision to love God and to love people. Every other decision I make ultimately stems from that love.
So for now and until the end of November, I have chosen to show my love for God by loving the people in the Philippines.
