QUESTION OF THE DAY #13: What gives you energy?

What gives you energy?  For many people, coffee does the trick.  Exercise also works.  Getting enough of the basics like proper diet and sleep is a good thing, too.  

Here's another way to think of the question.  What gets you up at the crack of dawn?  What is the first thought on your mind?  What keeps you going when you feel tired or when you don't feel you have any strength left? 

It was very difficult for me to write this question, because today marks the 10th year following the September 11 attacks.  I thought of the firefighters that had to get up day after day to sift through the "pile" where the twin towers once stood.  Surely they had to be pushed past their limits.  How did they do what they had to do?

As human beings, we are unique in this world.  We live with an awareness us our purpose, and that makes a difference in our lives.  It gives us the power to do things that we would not otherwise do.  It keeps us going.

Purpose is not an easy thing, though.  Sometimes we're not sure what our purpose might be.  Yet, each person has a purpose as unique and wonderful as the way in which God created them. It says in Proverbs, "The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out." (20:5)

It's worth the effort.  It's worth the prayer.  It's worth the struggle and the mistakes sometimes, too.  It's worth taking a good hard look at yourself.  It's worth daring to be proud of who you are.  I hope, as I write these questions for you, that some of them also help you to ask questions about yourself--and to celebrate with certainty the purpose that God has for you.