Nova Scotia - Week 8: What on Earth are we here for?

Tide Rolling In

It has been while since I put words to paper or should I say electrons to screens. I am experiencing writers block or lack of inspiration about what I should write about. The highlights of this week include, learning about toilets with macerating pumps, working in the basement, experiencing yet another snow fall, business stuff, receiving a few more resumes` and taking another Sunday drive along the Bay of Fundy, most of which I have written about in one way or another except for the macerating toilet, but I will pass on that one.

Boats at High Tide

So what on earth are we here for? A big question which is the first theme in the book: The Purpose Driven Life and has been some fodder for some conversations I have had with Sweis. So what on earth are we here for? What gives you purpose? The right answer of course is to give God glory, but the tough question what does that look like in our daily activities like the ones listed above. Do I spend the money to buy a macerating pump so we can have a bathroom downstairs or not? Does one way give God glory and the other not; an argument can be made either way. In the past a lot of thought wasn’t given to this question, most people worked for survival – to get ahead, but today it has become a question which many men wrestle with. If you read Ecclesiastes, you realize this is not a new question, in fact it is the most basic question which philosophers have wrestled with for millenniums. 

Let Your Light Shine

We have just restarted the “purpose” book in a small group and with my memory it is all new to me. So I won’t try to answer the question, but leave it for fodder for thought at this point. But before I sign out, I do have one piece of news. Mary Ann has signed up for the Relay for Life (cancer fundraiser) with a team from our church. She is need of sponsors – any takers? Our emails are still the same! - HJK