On our lives' purpose

Flowers on the road, Banga, South Cotabato—photo taken by my mother (April 2019)

F.B. Meyer wrote:

And when we read the words of the apostle Paul about John [the Baptist] "fulfilling his course," we may well ask for grace that we may fill up to the brim the measure of our opportunities, that we may realize to the full God's meaning and intention in creating us: and so our lives shall mate with the Divine Ideal, live sublime words with some heavenly strain, each completing each other. [emphasis mine]