tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15898676.post115515649399267951..comments2009-01-05T11:59:56.933-08:00Troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660455764043271834noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15898676.post-1155667974672693832006-08-15T11:52:00.000-07:002006-08-15T11:52:00.000-07:00Troy -<BR/>I find that while the 'what-if' game lends itself to my disposition, it is unhelful to me in the longrun because it produces desires which can never be. Having said this though, I do recognize in your post those same longings for normalicy, for a life that is stationary (or managibly so), and for a constancy which leave the world a secure place. I think that you are right to look to the eschaton for the fullness of this reality that you and I and probably many of humanity seek. <BR/>For me, whenever I end up in the guessing game, I remind myself that its fish or cut bait. I am here, and not there (though that kind of funny, because I am physically here in Seattle - at least for a few more hours), I am doing this and not that. For me (and I know that this is skeewed to one side because I am ralitively career-oriented) I feel like I know what I want to do - what I am built by God to do. That specific (or more specific) thing that God has crafted me for. We are all meant for lives in communinty, and you are right to point out that much of our joy and happiness is derived from these freinds and activities with them. But I think that this is a norm that is worked through our lives, and should not be the exclusive thing that we do. We are called to a community, but not to the exclusion of other things. I have a commission of sorts from the Lord, and I need to attend to that also. It's holding the two in balance, making choices that affect each of these things, and living with the reprocussions that is frustrating, but is also the nature of live.<BR/>Your thoughts?jmaharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12045514641786929143noreply@blogger.com