Who is Patricia D. "Satorie" Barnes?

Often times, you hear this question being asked by many well directed ministers, "If you had only one day to live, how would you spend it?" The question is designed to get one to focus on what is really important in his/her life. I answered this question myself, and it didn't take a lot of time to wonder about it. I would spend the last hours of my life in deep penetrating hugs with my family. I would let them know how much they mean to me...and how much I love, honor and appreciate them. I would encourage them to continue growing, seeking and believing in God and the good. I would leave a special message for my first born grandson, Devon, whom I have not seen for more than 13 years. I would let him, and the four sisters and brothers he had at the time of his birth know that my memory nor love for them never faded. I would want to spend a little time with special friends, just to let them know how much I appreciate them being a part of my life. And as the hours continued to drift away, I would spend more time in meditation and in preparation to deliver my final message...my undying belief and that is we are here for God. We were created by God, for God to express His goodness, His grace and His love. And we are to express it in service to one another. As we have been taught in both the spiritual world as well as the secular, each of us has been endowed with a passion. Entwined in that passion is our purpose...our reason for being. It is when we are living, giving and serving from this innate passion that the best of us is released...and in this moment, we are experiencing the fullness of God. Who is Patricia D. "Satorie" Barnes? I am one whose entire being is deeply rooted in the belief that we were created for a purpose, and if we want to experience the fullness of life...we must begin to live life from that purpose. Even as a child, the question of purpose was always a part of my belief system. As a child, I thought only people in the professions of helping people such as teachers, doctors and nurses were purposely created by God. Evil people, people causing harm to others, I felt could not have possibly been created by God. I felt their parents were simply having fun and they arrived by accident. As I grew older, because of life's experiences, my faith in God became non existent and my thoughts on purpose vanished. It was not until the early 90's, after attending Della Reese's church "Understanding Principles," that I began to understand the workings of God and the power of His existence inside of me. The idea of Purpose began to resurface, I began to study, teach and live it. In 1994, I was ordained in the Metaphysical Ministry under the tutelage of Dr. Paul Leon Masters, founder of the University of Metaphysics with 50 years of teaching experience. It was also during this time that I began to feel a spiritual name change; and Satori, (I added the 'e') a martial arts term meaning 'to be here now' ingratiated my spirit. It was important that I remained in the presence because of the pain I was enduring after the mother of my first born grand son ripped him from my life. In 1998, I wrote my first book entitled "Serving God on Purpose," a booklet devoted to helping one discover his/her divine passion/purpose and then embracing it as their life's work. I've delivered many sermons on the topic of purpose, and wrote articles, hosted public access show and published a newsletter called "Abundance Within." During these later years, I have been employed as a Case Manager, dedicated to the cause of housing homeless families. But the desire to teach purpose in its full glory has never really diminished. The Bible tells us in Acts 2:17 that our young people will see visions and our old will dream dreams. These are the dreams that have been lurking in our hearts, mind and spirit perhaps for decades and they are still speaking to us. And I would, perhaps not in my final, but certainly in finest hour urge you to listen.