“We don’t have an eternity
to realize our dreams,
only the time we are here.”
-
Susan L. Taylor
No. We do have an eternity. Many times, our dreams are
limited by the realities of this life but there is much more to strive for in
the afterlife. All prayers are answered in due time; however, this timeline
spans the eternities. Although we may not receive answers to prayers in this
life, we will in the next. Although we may not accomplish dreams in this life,
we can in the next. I refuse to accept that we don’t have an eternity. Promises
between God and ourselves extend passed the boundaries of mortality.
There are some blessings and promises preserved by God that are
bestowed after mortality. Even Jesus Christ, our Savior, understood this while conversing
with the thieves on the cross. Asking Him to come off the cross if he should be
the Son of God, Jesus “withstood that ploy knowing in due time every knee
would bow”.(Matt. 27:40) It would not be during the life of Christ that every knee
would bow, but over the course of eternities. There is a time after his mortality
that this prophecy would occur – a blessing preserved by God.
I believe in creating our own timeline. There are unique social
pressures that tell us when we should graduate college, how much money we
should be making at a certain age, etc. Even within religious organizations timelines
exist on when or how long we should serve our Savior or when one should get
married after “X” amount of time. Nevertheless, these timelines are constraints
on a natural form of progression. At our own pace, we will all rise:
“I believe in the Sun even when it does not shine… God will
make it happen in due time.” – Matt Matherne
I really loved your last quote! I like how there is a strong connection to trust in God in all of these quotes and themes you shared.
ReplyDeleteI liked your first quote. You argued against it, which I thought was a really neat thing to do, rather than just playing along with it.
ReplyDeleteInteresting tactic of arguing with the first quote to set up your paragraph. I'd be interested to know who she is talking about and why she said it, because it seems like you take a non religious quote and convert it into your personal belief. But why? Is your reasoning to prove a non religious author wrong? Is it to proselyte? I see that you have this idea of time not being static at the end. Is it meant to try and change the way people think about life? Just curious!
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