Meanings

These following words may have multiple interpretations (dependent upon context).
 

Goal:

the result or achievement toward which effort is directed.

Fate:
that which is inevitably predetermined.

Strength:

effective force, potency or cogency (the quality or state of being convincing or persuasive)

Meek:

humbly patient or docile

Humble:

not proud or arrogant, courteously respectful

Confidence:

full trust, belief in the power, trustworthiness or reliability of a certain person or thing

Glory:

a state of great splendor, magnificence, joyfulness, gratification, contentment, etc.

In this context, there is a common theme.  It is all about our relationship with God.

Are there contradictions?
 

Seemingly yes.

Strong and Meek...ok?

Humble and Confident...really?

How about Fearful and Joyous?

Or, Peaceful and Searching?

 Are we truly called to experience life in a way that encompasses all of these dichotomies of purpose?

From a worldly and perhaps logical perspective, it would seem that as I travel the path to fulfillment, only those things that bring positive connotations are goal worthy.

From a spiritual and perhaps intuitive perspective, especially when realizing there is a greater power at work than I, only those things that give homage to my God are goal worthy.

So how do we decide?

We don’t!

The decision was made for us in the beginning.   The choice is glory to God, and in that place ALL goals, feelings, states and manners of existence are met.

How do we know?  Because when we are truly in that place…the search is over.

In the timeless presence of God, we need nothing else.  Everything is provided for.  The attributes that we so diligently pursued in Life become who we are, and no longer what we aspire to be (or avoid being).  When we have abandoned ourselves and are completely living in God's will, then we are the personification of all that God has called us to be.

It is a oneness and completeness that really cannot be defined.

Why do we have such a hard time getting there?

Because our understanding of Him is limited by our ability to somehow characterize Him, or define all that He is.

 

How can we possibly describe in words, an infinite love in complete unity? 

 

I can experience a fullness of Him deep inside me, and yet also know to beyond my very core that I am still only scratching the surface of His meaning. 

The ultimate goal is to follow what God has lovingly rooted into your very being.

As I have recently learned, nothing will silence that desire.

Anything contrary to my heart leads to a life in this world filled with everything that God isn’t!

 amen