I once saw a bumper sticker on the back of a speedboat that said: ‘He who dies with the most toys wins!’ But my question to that is… wins what? He who dies with the most toys still dies! Nobody on their deathbed ever said, ‘I wish I had more toys.’ Similarly, nobody on their deathbed ever said I wish I’d spent more time at the office or at work. At the end of life what people want around them most are the people they love. So is life about our relationships then? In a word, yes, but it’s not so much about our relationships with others, even though they matter a great deal and are extremely important. Nevertheless life is more than our relationships with other people: Ultimately it’s about our relationship with God. The meaning and purpose of life is that we might know our creator, God: that we might love Him and be in an intimate relationship with Him.

R. Ian Seymour