I don't have much to add except the following quote, by John Piper, I believe: "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him."
The reason this strikes me as so profound is that I think the history of man is the history of his dissatisfaction with God, and the attendant desire to compensate while still pretending to be satisfied. Does that make any sense?
And to you, dear, Dr. E., I say Amen to your "we shall see them again comment."
Dr. E, a while back, in a post to me you made the comment that we we came into the world as human beings, and that we would leave in the same way, and I remarked to you that it touched me quite a bit, though I didn't quite know why.
Since that time, I've come to realize that it is in my brokeness (sp?;word?) that I feel the Power, the Glory and the Love of God, most acutely.
And you bought into this -- self-loving god AG?