In the last three days, I have built a deck around half of our 20-foot diameter above-ground swimming pool. My grandson Will helped me. I enjoy projects like this, building and doing things with my grandkids, so it was a fun three days. There were a lot of 16-foot decking boards, pressure-treated 4×4 posts, 20 12-foot 2×6 joists, and an assortment of other heavy boards and stuff. At the end of today, we are just about finished with our project, and I am totally run out of gas tonight. I take a water break about every hour and a 10-minute sit-down break every two hours, and then at lunchtime, I take a twenty-minute nap. You would think I would still be relatively fresh after all those breaks. I, for sure, don’t work as hard and fast as I used to on projects like this, but I still enjoy them, maybe even more. As I sit in my recliner, exhausted, writing this, I remember my Dad saying, “Being tired at the end of a day of hard work is the best feeling in the world; it means you did something.” Doing something that matters is my goal every day. It might be a day with a grandkid, building a deck for my wife, teaching a Bible lesson, preaching a sermon, or counseling a couple with marriage problems. Jesus said that we glorify God the Father by bearing much fruit. Doing something with our life that matters is a result of choosing and planning; it seldom just happens by chance. Our jobs, our families and home life, our church involvement, and our social life can all be areas of significant accomplishment if we plan for it. Living life on purpose is the key to bearing much fruit.