Theology time boys and girls...With a warm cup of tea and a chocolate chip cliff bar next to me on this rainy Wednesday, I'd like to take the time to state the obvious. 

My salvation came in one victory, but like all humans I still have to fight the wars.  In a move that was no doubt hinged on the "strategery" of angels, I came to an interesting realization: I am a fool.  No doubt there, one of hopeless romantic poportions built upon years of procrastination, carelessness and callousness, but then comes my daily salvation.  God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise.  Not that I'm planning on shaming anyone ever, but there is that small comfort that I, being a fool with all my embarrassing defects, have a place in my Lord's plans.  That the Creator of the universe knows me and will use me.  For a person graduating all too soon and losing most of her friends come 3 months, that's a huge comfort.  I am a fool and God still loves me.  Rock on. 

But wait!  There's more!  Growing up in a Presbyterian church I had to learn the Westminister Catechism and the very first question that I memorized has stuck with me for all of my life.  Tucked away in some dark little corner, it came up out of nowhere a few weeks ago and has been haunting me ever since.

Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?
A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.

Think about it folks, we've been slaving our lives away for school all because we want a good job, then we'll slave our lives away for our job, changing a few times because we're never happy, try to get a good pension and all for what end?  Granted, most of us I know have good motives, but think about it.  I've been stressing way too mych about the rest of my life, trying to figure out what I'm doing after graduation, where I'm going.  I'm freaking out because my friends are leaving, the real world is looming, I, I, I, I.  Then, in the storm, the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind...In the whirlwind I hear a calm and I realize life really isn't about me, it's about Him.  For a selfish person it is a strangely comforting situation.  My life is planned, my end is known and while I may freak out about the things that have yet to come, all I'm really supposed to do is glorify God.  My chief end is to enjoy Him, forever.  So I've come to the conclusion that I'm doing this all wrong, instead of jumping straight into something and hoping I'm doing the right thing, I've got some ideas that I'd like to ask if that's what He wants.

Do you know what this means?  For all of us?  It means we are free from the burdens of the world, we may carry different ones, ones marked with the cross but the our own worries should no longer ensnare us.  The details of our paths are unclear but the final destination has always been known.  We were born for this race, for pure enjoyment of Him.