Back To Home Page To Archives - Spring of Life - H. Roger Bothwell Our Purpose in Life One of life's great struggles is the determination of one's life purpose. Sigmund Freud believed death was our purpose. The social biologists Miller and Dollard believed our purpose is to perpetuate the continuance of our genes. Psychologist Carl Rogers believed our purpose was to become a fully functioning being. Jesus prayed to His Father (Our Father) in John 17:26, "I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them." God has a purpose for us. We are not an accident of chance. He has designated that we should be filled with His love. The result is eternal life and glory for Him in our resulting happiness. Freud was dead wrong. Miller and Dollard are genetically mistaken. But Carl Rogers comes close for the only way anyone of us can ever be fully functioning is when we are filled with God's love. It is then that life becomes worth having forever. Then we will continue to grow more and more into the likeness of the one who said, "Let us make man in our image." That is our purpose. I'm Roger Bothwell and my address is hrb1@tiac.net or 151 Old Farm Rd. Leominster, MA 01453. Thank you for your support of our faith ministry. Past devotionals can be accessed at Archives