This past week I attended the Illinois Great River Conference’s Annual Conference. Once a year all the United Methodist Church south of interstate 80 gather together to conduct their business. At this Conference ordination of ministers takes place. It is a time to honor those minister who are retiring and of course, a time to set the yearly budget which includes various mission outreaches that touch lives all over the world. The Conference is a time for celebrating all that God has done in our various churches and a time to seek God’s will for the future. As I participated in this activity I realized again that I need times of reflections in my own life. I constantly need to ask myself the question, ‘am I allowing God to run my life?’. The answer to that question will determine if I am living with a purpose or not.