UK -- Training/University

No year is a wasted year in God's kingdom.
We are shepherds -- we need to keep doing our job, using our gifts and honing our skills.
We are soldiers in an army we need to be alert, keeping our weapons ready.
We are athletes in a race we need to be eating right, training and keeping ourselves fit.
We are students under God's direction we need to keep learning, studying and seeking out the truth.
Although we may feel 'in limbo' and it is much easier to lie down, watch tv & hope time passes quickly, we need to keep on with our lives seeing it from a Heavenly perspective -- where time is to be used not spent!

A meaning-full life

My goal in life is...
To live righteously, honestly & Godly in this present world.
Living righteously means that the guidelines and boundaries for my actions come from the morals I know to be true.
Living honestly means that my life lines up. I have integrity and my beliefs are acted upon, not just sitting on the shelf of head knowledge.
Living Godly means that my focus is on God's will & His kingdom.
Living in this present world, means that I am acting & responding to today's culture rather than running from it.
The only thing that I am passionate about in life is God's work. I belive that only 1 life so soon will pass, only what is done for Christ will last.
The only thing that brings any meaning to my life is teaching, & caring for others. Being hospitable and sharing our lives with those around us.
Through the absence of these things...it has been made obvious to us that our calling and gifting is that of pastoring. We realise now with much greater clarity that we are shepherds, and our life doesnt make sense unless we are looking after sheep. That is what is missing...that is the piece of the puzzle that gives our life sense & meaning!
Wow, this is so liberating...we are shepherds...that is our job...when we do this we will have hardship, heartache & hardwork, but it is were we will find true fulfillment...it is what we we made to do.