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Every now and again, I get reminded of the why. Why I have handed my life over to God.

It is 3:08 p.m. and I have decided to write. Honestly, I feel like I could end this blog post right here. What more is there to say? God above all else.

God is our compass on this journey called life. Everything else can become a distraction. Maybe not everything, but certainly many things. You get the point.

What is important? What do we prioritise? What do we make time for?

The answers look different for everyone. Our lives are different. We are tested differently. We are all products of our circumstances, and those circumstances vary from person to person. Yet God is the common thread across humanity and throughout time. God always was and always will be.

One day, we will answer to God. We will give account to God.

We cannot live without food, water, and oxygen, but all of those things come from God. So how can we live without God?

How timely. I just received a notification from the Quranly app: Surah 29, verse 6 — a reminder that God does not need us, but we need God.

That reminder tied my reflection together beautifully. It felt like immediate confirmation, as though the thought had been echoed back to me in real time.

God is important. God is the priority.

God created us to submit to His will. He knows far more than we could ever know. Far more.

When we let go of the trivial and often meaningless things that consume us, we begin to see how beautiful life really is. How beautiful God’s creation is. How beautiful God is.

I recently read something that stayed with me:
"Beauty cleans the mind."

And if we want to see something truly beautiful, we can think of God. We can ask God to open our eyes to the beauty all around us.

What is important? It is important that we do not let go of God. When we let go of God, we let go of what is beautiful. We lose the beauty in our being. We lose our soul.
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