Nearly eight years ago, I took Intro. to Philosophy at Mississippi State with Dr. Michael Clifford. He scared me. I had heard that he could be rough on Christians, and when I saw the first assignment on our syllabus, I knew I was in trouble. In one paragraph, answer the question “What is the meaning of life?”. I swallowed hard and dreaded the assignment, but that night, I sat down at my computer (the same one I’m typing on now, if you can believe it) and wrote the following words.
To understand the meaning of my life, you have to understand my God. I serve a holy and mighty God, and the sole purpose of my life is to glorify my Lord and Master; I live for nothing else. My life revolves around developing a deep and personal relationship with the One that I call Savior. Life on this earth is just the beginning of our existence; I will spend eternity in heaven with my Father. Maybe this sounds strange to you. Maybe it sounds familiar. Can I prove this to you? Well, no, I can’t, but I also can’t believe anything else is true… It would be a sad world if we had no reason for living. If everything ends at death, then what is the point of life at all? I have found truth in the teachings of the Holy Bible, and it is the standard I follow. I live my life by faith, trusting that a God higher than anything we can ever imagine has my life in his hands, and he knows what’s best for me. So, if you ask me the meaning of life, I can only give you one answer, and that is to serve my God.
