LEAD. February 2020 | Page 6

What Signs Point to My Purpose? By Guillermo Maldonado Contrary to what many people think, life begins in heaven, not on earth. God designed us in heavenly places before we came to live on the earth. Since everything in God begins with His original intention, we were a fully formed idea in His mind before we ever received our 6 physical bodies. Therefore, our God-given purpose comes from the spiritual realm, and that is why we cannot understand it through our intellect alone. Rather, it is revealed and confirmed to us by the Holy Spirit. Nonetheless, God has designed each of us in a particular way that provides indicators of our purpose. These are like unique seals of the destiny that God designated for our life before the foundation of the world. The following are some of these indicators: Holy Frustration Those who feel a “holy frustration” in the face of the injustice, poverty, ignorance, immaturity, sickness, depression, mental illness, marital