Made to Last Forever
Originally Written August 20, 2009
Point to Ponder:
- There's more to life than just here and now.
Question to Consider:
- Since everything has eternal consequences, what is one thing I should stop doing and one thing I should start doing today?
It's the reason I stuck it out in grad school and finished my thesis, long after I had come to the conclusion hat I no longer had the desire or passion to do so. Because hey - if I finish this "book," it will remain forever in the stacks of the UK library. My great-grandchildren will be able to visit it long after I'm gone. Stupid.
At least now I know there was a method to the madness for those feelings, though. It just seems I may have been (probably was) looking to the wrong place to find a solution. How shallow it seems now to have put so much meaning and import onto a 120-some-odd-page work that probably nobody is ever going to read. And I'm still seeking at this point. I bet I'll be really embarrassed later on.
As for today's question, the one thing I should stop doing is living a contemporary, ultimately meaningless life. The one thing I should start doing is, obviously, that whole God thing. It's so simple to write. Why am I having such a hard time DOING it?
I wonder if I spent more time reading the Bible if I might "get there" sooner. It's definitely an area where I need more focus. Yet I'll sit around for hours and read books about the Bible. That makes no sense. I'm focusing my energy on reading works that don't even claim to effect my eternity. I'm all but flat-out ignoring the book that claims it does. Also stupid.
So, I've made it to a concrete "next action" step. The one thing I should stop doing is focusing so much time on secondary works. The one thing I should start is spending more time with the primary source. It really can't hurt!
Verse of the Day
"This world is fading away, along with everything it craves. But if you do the will of God, you will live forever."
- 1 John 2:17
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