tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19802617.post3453556340302565191..comments2024-01-17T04:14:40.892-05:00Comments on A Pastor's Cancer Diary: April 6, 2009 - Looking for Life in All the Wrong PlacesCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00540884672406337833noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19802617.post-90639661698311507532009-04-08T11:03:00.000-04:002009-04-08T11:03:00.000-04:00Carl,Your comments here remind me of a question I ...Carl,<BR/>Your comments here remind me of a question I asked an inquirers' class I'm taking at church with my husband (supporting his journey to be formally received in the Episcopal Church and taking it as a "refresher"). The question was: "What is salvation?" The pat answer all seems to be "life eternal" after our natural deaths. But is that whole story? Is looking for life after death really the answer to looking for life in all the wrong places? I don't want to seem trite like the song "Is that all there is?" but this is a spirtual issue I struggle with constantly. Why care about the world and the problems and joys of today, if salvation is life after death? Why wait for death? Don't get me wrong, I do not want to die. Quite the opposite. I am always struggling with the meaning of today as well as the future.<BR/>Peace to you and Claire, JulieJulie Orvis Marcinkiewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17846868751333256057noreply@blogger.com