Called to a Supreme Adventure

"The excitement, the joy, the adventure, the deep inner satisfactions or those who dare to reach sky-high more than make up for any loneliness. For no way can be lonely if it is the way Christ walks...No way can be lonely if it is the way to which He calls you." -Peter Marshall

"It is to difficult for us to believe the truth: that this life is but a preparation for a greater and more glorious one to come...
and that if we would only believe,
if we only had enough faith and the right kind and were seeking the "things above..."
all our real needs- earth's trinkets for which we strive so desperately-would be provided for us.
Once and for all, we must put out of our minds that the purpose of life here is to enjoy ourselves
to have a good time
to be happy
to make money
and to live in ease and comfort.
That is not what life is all about.
You were put here for a purpose, and that purpose is not related to superficial pleasures.

No one owes you a living- not your parents, not your government, not life itself.
you do not have a right to happiness.
You have a right to nothing.

I believe that God wants us to be happy-but it is not a matter of our right, but of His love and mercy.
 The time for drifting
            or sleeping
or wishful thinking
or day dreaming is over.
The state of our world today makes that a very dangerous pastime.

This generation of young people and all of you who are sensitive to what is going on around you, are called to a supreme adventure.
There is a great stirring in society.
The upheavals of life and the revolutions of multitudes across the world in desperate motion are indications that our world can never be the same.

So do not underestimate what you can do. You have the courage to cast off your acrophobia
and to dream big
and to aim high-
if you do it with Gods help"
"Our Father in Heaven, give us the long view of our work and our world.
Help us to see that it is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail...
May thy will be done here, and may Thy program be carried out, above party and personality, beyond time and circumstance, for the good of America and the peace of the world.
This we ask in Jesus' name, Amen"


* This is an excerpt from one of Peter Marshalls sermons titled, "The Risk of Reach" found in his book "The Best of Peter Marshall" find it here