Making Your Life Worth It

Washing dishes by hand thoroughly helps the mind ponder the deepest and strangest questions. With my hand stuck deep in a coffee mug, the Bible verse “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son..” surfaced in my thoughts.

I stopped and asked myself if my life was worth a parent loosing a child. Putting aside all the theological answers, studies, and all that jazz, what would your answer be if you simplified it. Having gone through catechism (barely making it), water on the forehead, etc, I know I am asking for a good “ripping” from theologist. But for a brief moment, I had to ask myself whether or not MY life was worth God giving up a Son.

And I did.

Throwing out all the deep meanings behind the apostles, Ten Commandments, bush burning, and ocean separating, what if God (whomever yours is) just wanted us to make our life worth it. Maybe it’s not about following the straight and narrow 100% or even 45%, instead make your life meaningful to the world.

Do something with your life. Something that brings good to an entity more than yourself, your retirement, cars you drive, income, immediate family, etc. Pursue something with the deepest passion and believe in something more than just you. Create, dream, achieve, and work until the day you die - but do something with your life that has helped someone, something, someplace. Make your life worth it.