Our Purpose In Life
July 9, 2025 - 8:11pm
Growing up as a little girl, I can just barely remember how I navigated through my everyday life. I wish that I could remember what had sparked my interest as a young girl, or to know what excited me the most. I wish I could have access to each and every memory and moment that I have experienced so far in my twenty-four years of life, but unfortunately, I don’t. The moments that I can vividly remember are the ones in my later years of grade school.
A time in my life that I remember most is being in middle school. During those years, I’d be watching my brother Russell go through high school and navigating his own life and finding out what it is that he wanted to do in life, knowing that I would have to do the same in just a few years. He found his interest and proceeded to study that interest in college, and later on, moved forward with finding a career with the degree that he worked for.
I remember once I started to go through high school, I was in a complete rut in terms of what my purpose in life was. What was Marissa going to do with her life? What is Marissa’s calling? What brings her the most joy? What will Marissa’s passion be? What environment will she thrive in?
I had turned to God many, many times and had asked Him to guide me to where I am meant to be and what I am meant to be doing with my life. I found myself turning to a specific page in the book “The Purpose Driven Life” that I would reread a lot during my times of confusion. The book states, “But there is a God who made you for a reason, and your life has profound meaning!”
In high school, I had the luxury of taking a ‘Developmental Psychology of Children’ and also a ‘Preschool’ class. I took that class both my junior and senior year of high school. It was a class that was taught by the most amazing teacher on this planet (Ms. Carol, you have changed my life.) This class was the highlight of each and every day of my junior and senior years of high school. Not only was the class itself interesting and exciting, but my teacher made it something to look forward to every single day. This class had a normal lecture with lessons on the psychology and the development of children, while also having preschoolers come onto our school's campus and to that class where we students would be able to play, teach, and grow alongside the children. I found the most joy when I was working with children and was able to use my knowledge to create a safe space for them to learn and grow while also feeling cared for in my presence.
Ever since my junior year of high school, I knew what I wanted to study in college and pursue a career in. I now have a degree in Early Childhood Education and have been working with children ever since. I have found my purpose, and I am now living my purpose.
As I’ve stated before in my past blog posts, I would be absolutely nowhere if it weren’t for God and my strong faith in Him. Allowing Him to orchestrate my path in life as it’s supposed to. For years, I was in a constant state of confusion, feeling lost, and doubting myself. That was until I trusted in Him more and more. As well as coming to the understanding that I was put on this Earth for a reason and that my gift to the world was my unique life history, experiences, and personality. I was designed by God. My very DNA, everything about me, talents, skills, abilities, and my weaknesses all have a part to play in His design for me. Everything about me, every experience I have faced, every skill I have learned, and every trial I have gone through has had an underlying purpose the entire time. They all have led me to where I am today.
Geoffrey Watson stated it best in his blog post, “Learning to accept our own unique personality with its strengths and challenges is our pursuit. I am more comfortable in my own skin than I ever have been, but some days life still gets so hard I think I’m being stretched way beyond what I can handle. It’s at those times I need to affirm, God is my Creator. I’m not a blip in the mass of humanity. I am created purposely by God himself.”
We humans are who we are for a reason. We are each individually part of an intricate plan in this life that we get to live. We are each called to do something in life. We are each meant to be doing something. We are ALL here for a reason.
xo