The Way That Leads To Life…

So I was mindlessly going through Facebook, as I find myself doing more often than I would like to admit, and came across this status from a young adult: “Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a f***ing big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance.” And it got me thinking about something I keep trying to put in the back of my mind…

Why have so many young adults been failed by the system; the system that has seemingly work until now.  The system that says: get “great” grades in school, do as many extra-curricular activities as possible, all so you get into a “great” college, so that you can get a “great” degree, so that you get a “great” job, all so that you get a great house and family, so that you can be “successful.”

The problem with this system is it eventually fails almost everyone.  Even the older adults that have made it through the system find themselves stuck in a meaningless, lifeless life…

The system is inherently broken because it tries to make everyone the same, and well…none of us are the same.

So now what…If the entire system is set up to fail, then what would work?

Joanna, my wife, responded to this young adult’s status with this “Find what brings you to life and choose that”…(and I would add) even if it doesn’t have a major or a degree or fit into the system because what everyone needs to find is The Way That Leads To Life.

I heard it once described as this when I ask someone wise how do I find my purpose: “Where your greatest joy and the world’s greatest need meets, that is who you are called to be and that is where you find your purpose.”

For me, I find life in Youth Ministry; helping teens through life’s biggest questions, faith journey, and pointing them to The Way That Leads To Life…

Where do you find life?