New Year, new beginnings!<\/p>\n
It is not uncommon that some time between 35 and 55 there comes a point when the search for success gives way to the search for significance.<\/p>\n
Whether climbing the corporate ladder has proved exhausting, fruitless, pointless or successful and rewarding; or the rung you were standing on has been cut from under you, as your position made you vulnerable to cost-cutting; or the premature death of friends or associates or your own health causing pain (\u2018God\u2019s megaphone\u2019, according to C. S. Lewis) – from time to time you may experience an increasing sense of your own mortality or loss of direction.<\/p>\n
Any of the above (and more) may give you pause for introspection and lead to a nagging desire to find God\u2019s purpose for the second half of your life: perhaps the desire to give back to the community in which you live and\/or fulfilling your God-given potential in service to those around you or even far from your neighbourhood.<\/p>\n
(I\u2019ve found books such as Halftime<\/a> and Retire Retirement<\/a> helpful in this context.)<\/p>\n So, what will 2014 bring for you?\u00a0\u00a0 A mission trip or service project; a Men\u2019s Retreat; a course of theological study; or maybe joining or starting a small group: January or Lent is a good time for the latter.<\/p>\n Whatever 2014 brings, may God bless you and your new beginnings in 2014.<\/p>\n \u201cShow me, O Lord, my life\u2019s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life.\u00a0 <\/i>Psalm 39:4<\/i><\/p>\n