Life is too short!!!!

I was recently reading an interview that was done by Rick Warren the Author of  The Purpose Driven Life and was touched by his words.  I found this interview through a blog that I read, Fly through our window.  Darby the author spoke of a friend of a friend( Montye) that had been battlling cancer.  This interview with Rick Warren is one that Montye had reflected on from time to time until she recently lost her battle to cancer. 

I thought I would share as I felt his words meant a lot. 

 We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense. Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy. We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ-likeness.

You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems.  If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, "which is my problem, my issues, my pain." But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.”

Faith makes us sure of what we hope for
and gives us proof of what we cannot see.
Hebrews 11:1

I am beyond blessed and so very thankful!