Sunday, July 31, 2005



One thing that's been on my mind the past month or so.
Relationships. Everything (yes, I think so) comes down to it. You just can't avoid relationships. That's the way we're wired. The need to be with others, to be needed.
Maybe it's because I've been put through new environments and new social circles for the past month, maybe it's the messages during missions month. I'm not sure why, but I've been looking at relationships in a different light nowadays.
One thing that stuck with me since... dunno when... Nothing lasts on earth... Not our achievements, our names, not the things we do in church, not my mp3 collection, blah blah blah... And so we know, as we've heard from years of long ago in sunday school and such. I'd have to admit, it's not easy to look at things from eternity's point of view, I'm still trying. It's just difficult to make sense of how everything in existence is but a fraction (though mathematically not really a fraction, cuz the denominator is kinda big...) of eternal life.
That means that not even relationships last. No moms n dads in heaven (hmmm), we'll all just have one Dad... But one thing that will last till then are the spiritual bonds we form now... I thought this was really cool, that means we'll all still be pebbles in heaven! Imagine tau-pok-ing in heaven...
This has really challenged me to tell my good friends of the gospel... It's about creating the opportunities and seizing them when they're right in front of ya. And it's also made me cherish my relationships with my brudders n sisters more.
Joel



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