Just a thought by coppi

Allow God to define your identity & purpose.  Experience the joy & fulfillment that can only be found in wholehearted communion with your Heavenly Father.

When I read the above, my mind drifted back when I was in a grief counseling regarding the death of my husband.  I wanted to fill the void I felt with something, anything to stop the pain.  I remember her words explicitly- “the hole in your heart has to be filled with God, not another person, place or thing”.  I look at our world today with all the activity, movement, & hoopla & I wonder if many are running away from feelings of pain, unhappiness, & whatever’s.  I caught myself saying too many times in my life, “if I run real fast, I will not hurt” & so off I went – activity, activity.  I finally had to stop & smell the roses….i was tired.  I also wanted to have a relationship with the God of the Bible.  To know him for myself.  I wanted that hole filled with Him & not what I thought would fill it.  I have found, for me, that spending time alone with God has filled a big portion of the hole in my heart…..not all, but I have given that hole to him & I am confident that He who began a good work in me will continue to perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:6).