Intention

in•ten•tion

(noun)

-a thing intended; an aim or plan

-synonyms: deliberateness, design, meaning

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of GOD was hovering over the face of the waters.

And GOD said, "Let there be light," and there was light. And GOD saw that the light was good. And GOD separated the light from the darkness. GOD called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day."

Genesis 1: 1-5

Day in and day out, we go from work to class to homework, eating in the middle and rushing as quickly as we can from one thing to another. We get stuck in the routine. We become accustom to what we see and do, and in doing so, become BLIND to the needs of others.

We have become robots -- never pausing, never appreciating, never SEEING.

Is this even considered living?

From the beginning of the universe, there has been intention. GOD did not make the universe by accident and then walk away. His intention, love, and desire were in every step of the creation process.

He created. He said. He separated. He called. He created actively. Each activity with the intention of creating a beautiful place for His most prized creation -mankind- to live, work, and seek His face.

So what changed? If He created us (and the world around us) with full intention...

Why aren't we living with full intention?

If He sees the needs of even such as the birds of the air, why can't we see the needs of the person in front of us on the bus?

Why can't we love one another with intention instead of letting the flow of life carry us from day to day?

Why do we leave home, intending to go live life, and each day, return without having actually LIVED even once?

What would happen if we lived?

What if we stopped living "with the flow"?

What if we looked for HIS design in our day and our lives?

What if we created?

What if we saw the meaning in every single second of our lives?

What if we payed attention?

What if we were deliberate?

WHAT IF... We lived with intention?