I was just in the break room at work, and we were watching "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
We found ourselves questioning why this family was receiving a new home.
[free of charge]
They weren't financially unstable.
Their house wasn't falling in.
They didn't seem to be hurting for much at all, to be honest.
(minus the presence of their oldest daughter that they so longed to have back since her tragic death)
So, the question became:
-what has this family done to deserve a new home?
(Still, in the back of my mind, I'm thinking - there's plenty of families that deserve new homes - so why this one?)
It just got me thinking:
Which of us has really ever done anything to deserve anything that we have?
We might work our tails off to get where we want to be.
We might help the less fortunate at every opportunity.
We might delve into a world of unknowns to find a cure for something.
We might be the shoulder that a friend needs to cry on.
We might do all of these things, but when you think about it...
...does any of that get us what we deserve?
God gave his only son for us.
(I don't know about you, but I definitely don't think I would be able to give up my own child to save humanity - and I don't even have kids yet.)
For someone to have given something so precious to save our lives...
...is there ever really enough we can do to truly be worthy?
(I suppose this is me challenging you - and myself -
to take every day and use it...
...to do the things that we should do to be worthy of life.)
(yes... yes, that is exactly what I'm doing.)
I'm not perfect, and I know I will never be. I don't think any of us is expected to be perfect - striving to be so doesn't even get us close.
I just think that we - myself included - should do what we can
EVERY DAY
to live life to the fullest,
to earn our keep,
to strive to be worthy.
I think perhaps it's what we're meant to do.
(and I nod)
Something your blog made me think about just a couple lines in...
ReplyDelete(from my blog)
"Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about." - Regina Brett
Not so much the comparing part but the no idea and the journey part... sometimes we can be very quick to judge others when we have no idea.
It's probably why our mama's always tell us not to judge. It's also probably why it drives me crazy when people who think they know but don't know pass judgement about my own situations.
I actually do believe we all reap what we sow...get what we deserve...that karma can be a reward or...well...a you know what. However, I also do -not- believe in doing things for ultimate/ulterior rewards. I generally just do them because it feels right, feels good, or brings a smile to someone's face.
I've been through all sorts of things and while I don't know if "deserve" would be the right way to describe every single one of them I certainly believe each moment played a hand in shaping me into the fine individual I've become. And since it is who I am that continues to make decisions and impact others, I am thankful for all that has happened to me in the past and all that I am expected to embrace in the future - even if I do not always have the capacity to fully understand it.
Which brings me back to where I started.
"Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about."
...your journey? Well, that's up to you entirely.