a worthy ambition

It's remarkable how clear the thoughts come as the new day begins, uncluttered yet with the issues of a busy day.  Surrounded by natural beauty on a quiet morning walk it is possible to focus on the few essential things that matter most.  This morning the thought occurred that our highest calling is to please God.  The focus of making every thought and action pleasing to Him crystallizes our purpose.  It's almost as if we can turn our lives into daily "thank you" statements to our Maker and Savior.  He who has given us physical life and caused us to be born anew spiritually is worthy of our gratitude.  Apart from the "rightness" of living this way, I am grateful for the focus it can bring my life.  Certainly one of the great questions of life is:  "What am I here for?"  Just as surely it is satisfying and peace-giving to realize "I am here to live a life of gratefulness".  This, then, becomes the test of our thoughts and actions:  "Do they please the Lord?"   Proverbs 16:2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,       But the LORD weighs the spirits.        3 Commit your works to the LORD,       And your thoughts will be established.   blessings, Rob Smith