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To: Alamo-Girl

“The second concerns volumetric time and the term ‘eternal now.’ “

Such an interesting reality, the eternal now. It is the only reality we have from one moment to the next, the only time our actions have meaning. We cannot change in any way a past moment; it’s done, forever history. While our actions can have an impact on the moment(s) to come, we cannot safely predict that impact because we cannot see the future. True, most often our immediate future is as we expect it to be, but not because of anything we guaranteed. “Now” is all we have, truly. We have it from one moment to the next, but it’s like a river flowing by, constantly changing yet always looking the same. Sadly, most of the time we’re either dwelling on the past or trying to foresee the future and consequently, totally missing the “now”. Our lives literally pass us by why we’re looking the other way.

And of course, my “now” is different from your “now”, and God deals with me in my “now” and with you in your “now”, etc, etc.


97 posted on 05/27/2009 7:09:21 AM PDT by logos (I have enough ammo to get more.)
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To: logos
What beautiful insights, dear brother in Christ! Thank you so much for sharing them.
99 posted on 05/27/2009 9:04:32 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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