What's the point?

In the midst of our busy schedules, it is good to stop for a moment and ask some really important questions about our life. What's the point of it all? 1. What is the purpose of my life? My ultimate purpose is love — I want to love and I desire to be loved. Physical health, wealth and prosperity are fine but dispensable and temporary. Better still is the love of my family and friends. But even that is not enough. My heart yearns for more. There is an infinite space in my soul that can never be filled except by the love of my Creator. “As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God” (Ps 42:1). 2. What keeps me from experiencing God’s love? Sin. I know what’s good and bad, yet often I do not follow my conscience. I know God’s law and that I should be obedient to him. Yet many a time I have said ‘no’ to the God who has created me and who keeps me alive. I have challenged his authority. I have offended him. I am gui