08/17/09 11:27PM

You know how when family comes into town we want to occupy every moment with something meaningful, do something fun, have deeply-delving conversation, and use the time in absolutely the most effective way possible?

Why don't we do that all the time? Really, we're all just visiting, and all the people that we are here with are all going to "move away" in some capacity unless (a) we "move away" first or (b) Jesus comes back to take us all home to the Colony. (I say "Colony" because I've had so many people tell me recently that they're just going to build a colony in Hawaii or Montana and have all of their loved ones live in the same little city -- and then I realized that Someone Else is building that colony for us already...)

I wish I thought like that more often. I think I'd be nicer to Jared. Well, I think I'd be nicer to just about everybody. The only somewhat negative thing that could come from thinking more like this is that I might quit my job for an "extended vacation" to spend time with friends and family. Unfortunately, I would then have no home for them to live in and no food to feed them and no clothes to wear so that we might go to the mall at which I could spend no money.

*Sigh*

Sometimes vacations make it easier to go back to work the next day. Sometimes they just make it a whole lot harder. Cuz right now sitting on the phone for eight hours to talk to people about insuring their material possessions just feels like a waste of time.

Good night all.
  • engelishgentleman
    Good thoughts. I've tried to adopt more of that sort of attitude in...the last few years, I suppose. Sometimes I'm better at it than other times, but I think I've improved overall. I find that a really great vacation, like having a wonderful time with family, may leave me a little down right when it ends, but after a bit (perhaps even a few days), I find myself more built up the happy memories. Along the hope of future happy memories. :-)
    by engelishgentleman at 08/17/09 11:37PM
  • thepoeticmadman
    :)
    by thepoeticmadman at 08/18/09 5:54AM
  • ominie
    Aw, this was really sweet! I was thinking something similar last night... How we all have to seperate over and over again until Heaven. This is how God wants it, and we'll all meet again (in that Colony) -- so why is it sooo sad? But then I thought about how God wants it to make us sad, because He's really big on the whole love thing :-) But then I realized one of my constant fears -- will we love each other as much in Heaven? Our relationships are gonna change.... no more Mom and Dad, no more husband and wife. But again -- God's really big on the whole love thing and as Heaven is perfect, our love will be perfected too! Change of relationship status in Heaven will only make things better! And that's hard to fully grasp now with our earthly minds and hearts... so that's where faith plays in! :-)
    by ominie at 08/18/09 8:32AM
  • ominie
    Ok... I think that was similar to your thoughts. In a round-about-way :-)
    by ominie at 08/18/09 8:33AM
  • spellgage
    Very good thoughts. I'm glad we got to spend a lot of time with the family while they were here. However, I still tend towards the "colony" daydream. Hey, with sound gardening practices, anything is possible.
    by spellgage at 08/18/09 10:04AM
  • millertime
    great thoughs kat. I'm in with the colony idea! I wish so bad I could be near all my friends and family at once. It's so hard having friends still in florida, texas, alabama, georgia, etc. that I would love to be around on a daily basis yet, can't. but like you said...one day : ) I miss you and love you!
    by millertime at 08/18/09 12:24PM
  • rapunzel
    Ha ha! Hey, who needs money and a place to live? We could all be homeless together. This was a good blog. I will keep it in mind whenever I'm missing you guys so much that I neglect the family I have with me right now.
    by rapunzel at 08/20/09 1:32PM