Today was my last day of my Purpose Driven Life, journey. If you have been following my Instagram page you will know that I have been sharing my thoughts and feeling about this book, The Purpose Driven Life, by Rick Warren. This book is most definitely a must read for believers and non-believers and is in my top 5 must read books. It has been so instrumental in how I need to see my walk with the Lord and how to fulfill my purpose with clear cut examples and directions on how this looks in my day to day life. This book has tons of scriptures to help keep everyone centered on a biblically based purpose and why its so vital look to the Bible for everything we need, especially direction. This book, was more than a book for me and impacted me more than I thought it would. It really removed some blindspots in my Christian life that I was not aware of and allowed me to change my attitude and align my perspective with that of the Lord’s so there is no confusion about what our mission is. This has been such a challenge for me just to stay committed with prayer, daily reading and scripture memorization for 40 days. I get distracted so easily and there are so many responsibilities that I have put first before my devotion time. So this has helped so much in getting my self organized and truly putting the effort in prayer, bible reading and learning more.
For 40 days. That’s it. 40 days of insight, challenges, prayer, questions to think about and its all broken down in such a great way that anyone can follow and understand the 5 purposes God has for us. This book will push you. And that’s something I needed. Removing the barriers and excuses we can all come up with as to why we don’t do what God has called us to do, can be endless and this helped me be honest with myself about what is really stopping me from fully executing God’s plan. And feeling inadequate and not brave enough was the root of what was holding me back from my purpose. And I didn’t want that fear holding me back. The information in this book that I have received in this book has really helped me see where I have fallen so short in God’s purpose for my life. And it has been hard to read in certain areas, but was definitely needed in my spiritual growth. And in our spiritual growth we are always going to be growing. It never stops. I know that no one really likes to be faced with themselves and their mistakes or shortcomings and mainly that’s because we have to make a decision about making a genuine change or just ignoring our shortcoming. And I definitely do not want to ignore my blind spots any longer. I want to be braver and no longer hide in the background and be the nice quiet Christion that the world is comfortable with. I want more. The purpose God has for me and you is very vital to live out each and everyday.