Full stop..

The end of each sentence is punctuated by a full stop. It is said that every beginning has an end. As for me, I know that my life here on earth can be quantified by years, months, weeks and days. The fact is, though I feel I'm getting healthier, I am actually dying this very second. For my time on this wonderful and beautiful earth is limited and the clock is still ticking. The full stop of my life is drawing closer and closer every day.
It brings me to wonder, what exactly am I on earth for? Why exactly do I exist in the first place? Why does mankind even exist? How can it be that man has existed for such a long period of time and no one knows why we are here? Where can I find the cause and reason of my existence? It is said that man existed on earth for millions of years already. If so, how come nobody has yet to discover our origin? After millions of years, we are still left clueless about our source of life? If man is so smart, then how come we have yet to know for sure where exactly we come from? There are just so many questions that linger in my mind that not even all the intellects in the past decades can answer. So, what exactly is the purpose of life?
In such a screwed up generation, is there any purpose for living anyway? Every day, robberies, kidnaps, murders and thefts occur. Every single day and not one day escapes where the whole world is at peace. Not one damn single day. Is there anyone that can say that there is a purpose living in this world? Is there anyone who can say that it is worthwhile living in such a horrid place?
I battled the thoughts in my mind for quite a time already. All I got was nothing. Nothing could give me answers. I searched myself hoping that I might discover the answers. I didn’t. Nothing of and from this world can give an answer. Because the reason I’m here is not of the world.
It came to my understanding that my existence here on earth is for a purpose- a purpose that continues to manifest itself to me day by day even as I undergo my daily routines. The eventual outcome of this purpose, I have yet to know. What I do know is that my great objective is not one that I have chosen, but one that God has chosen for me. I am not toiling for my own sake, but for God who has called me according to his purpose. Every single thing I go through, every single thing I experience and every single thing I endure is for the ultimate purpose- to glorify God.
Knowing that the day of my departure for the afterlife draws near, I am given time to achieve the purpose to which I have been called to. I dare say that the time given me is more than I asked for- My lifetime. I am called to deny myself, take up my cross daily and follow Jesus. The task given to me is fairly easy, as my Lord has already given me all I need for my long and perilous journey in achieving my task. Most of the times however, I choose not to utilize what is given to me. I rather do things my own way. It is then that I realize that things are going wrong. However when I do rely on God's providence, things turn out for the better.
If I’m given a lifetime to achieve the one purpose I’m here existing on earth, why not give it a try? After all, I do have a lifetime to live. However, the twist to all of this is that I never know when my life will reach its full stop. All I know is that my days are limited and it is disappearing one by one. One fine day when I am called away by God, I am to give account for what I have done on earth.
There are just so many uncertainties in life- What’ll happen to my dog right up to what’ll happen to the whole earth. More importantly, I’m not sure when my life will come to its full stop. But the one thing that I do hope, is that my next sentence will begin in heaven and the sentence will never ever have to end.