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Every life is a pilgrimage.
Every person is on a journey. Every journey has its challenges. The Book of Numbers is a travel diary. Two million ex-salves weaving their way through a desert. The trip from Egypt to the promised land can be made in nine days. It took the Israelites thirty-eight years. What they should have done, they didn’t. And what they didn’t do, they should have. So God decided they needed some time to rethink a few things. He took them the long way. Maybe you’re on a detour in your journey. Things seem slow. Road seems dark. Maybe God is wanting to teach you a few things. Pay attention. You don’t want to spend thirty-eight years missing the point.
posted by
eumaeus
on October 17, 2004 at 8:21 AM
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Kooka -
More power to you. One loves where one can. For you, it's your child. That's great!
posted by
sannhet
on October 16, 2004 at 8:12 PM
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sannhet
For me the only times I have experienced any indescribable feeling has been with my children. It make it real easy for me to make them my top priority and the focus of my spiritual beliefs.
posted by
kooka_lives
on October 16, 2004 at 6:56 PM
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Kooka -
For me, it has nothing to do with "God" being some insecure being who demands you put her/him first. There are no demands. "God" doesn't sit in judgment if you choose something other than him/her. Each person choose their priorities. If you choose your family (as I do) then there is only so much you can do to be one with "God". That doesn't change the fact that I live as "good" a life as I can, trying to act in a loving way in everything that I do. But I know that I will not be one with "God" in this lifetime. Very few are willing to sacrifice. That's why there are so few religious mystics. It's a brutal path. Though I admit that the very few times I have experienced the love described by Yeshua/Jesus, St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila, Meister Eckhart and others, it was the most incredible feeling I have every experienced. It was indescribable. But I'm not strong enough to give up my family. So I do the best I can each day.
posted by
sannhet
on October 16, 2004 at 6:40 PM
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Bearing in mind the fact that Jesus threatened dire consequences to men who refused to leave their families and follow him, it's obvious what little value god places on the family as an institution. Not to mention the fact that god asked Isaac to sacrifice his son and stood by watching while Herod killed all those baby boys. And that's just the tip of the biblical iceberg!
posted by
Witty_Woman
on October 16, 2004 at 5:34 PM
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