i suppose i have a longing for the eternal, but what i fail to realize is that i'm following the eternal.
how insulting that must be; going to see God's glory and stopping to marvel at a colorful pebble i've found along the way.
what a fool.
Monday, October 26, 2009
i realized tonight that i have a tendency to turn points into rays; that i expect individual moments to span out into eternity. by this i am simply referring to my tendency to expect my current circumstance to remain indefinitely. for example: when you're sick and you don't remember what it's like to feel okay. or, when feeling really depressed it's easy to forget happiness.
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That pretty much sums up a good part of the human condition- a constant dialogue between immediate and eternal priorities. The awesome thing is that Jesus had his priorities in line the entire time of his ministry. Even when we don't have the eternal in mind, God has already taken care of our eternity on the cross.
http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Heb+4%3A14-16
The back and forth between us being aware of this grace and just plain ignoring it is the roller coaster ride of life. Paradoxically, we actually suffer when we accept this grace!
http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Rom+6%3A1-4
And thats all the better- because through that constant renewing of our baptism we are offered the greatest blessing God gives us!
ps- The previous post was this with some stuff misspelled. And so you don't wonder who this is, I saw you today (Monday) when I was riding my bike out of my apartment complex XD
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