So, what is the meaning of life?

Question to think about: What makes today worth living?

This weekend, a group of firefighters lined up on a small town street stopped me. They all held their boots out for donations. This is the second year that I have experienced their campaign, "Fill-the-Boot." What I have learned since last year, is that the firefighters give their time to collect money for organizations that fight against specific diseases.

In an era that everyone needs more time, giving our time can be equated to giving a portion of life away . . . especially powerful when life means something.

So, what is the meaning of life?

A woman, believing she had no worth, encountered Jesus. He offered to give her new life . . . living water. It was incomprehensible to her:
The woman said to him, "Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?" (John 4:11-12, NRS)

When it comes down to it, a new life is difficult to imagine, let alone believe. How is it possible? The thing is, without participating in a relationship with God, life is centered upon the details of the day. Eventually, life becomes meaningless; however, when we realize that Christ, God with us, wants to give us more on an ongoing basis . . . our perspective changes . . . we see more than the details . . . we see the big picture that life is a gift, to be experienced in and through a real relationship with Christ.

Experience the real meaning of life: the presence of Christ.
Re-new your life through the Living Water.
Experience true life.
Learning with you that Christ is the meaning of life,
Shalom,
Kerrie
(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2008 All Rights Reserved)