{"id":1753,"date":"2017-02-05T02:20:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T02:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2017-02-05T02:51:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T02:51:57","slug":"does-life-foreshadow-eternities-satisfaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=1753","title":{"rendered":"Does Life Foreshadow Eternities&#8217; Satisfaction?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"duv7g-0-0\" data-editor=\"1tiui\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"duv7g-0-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?attachment_id=1757\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1757\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1757\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC02943-e1486260551294-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC02943-e1486260551294-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC02943-e1486260551294-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"duv7g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"duv7g-0-0\"><em>Thy word is a lamp <b>unto<\/b> <b>my<\/b> feet, And <b>light<\/b> <b>unto<\/b> <b>my<\/b> path.<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"duv7g-0-0\"><em>~Psalm 119-105 (ASV)<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"duv7g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"duv7g-0-0\">After an incredibly relaxing morning with the family I reflected on how often my hopes don&#8217;t\u00a0appear to line up with my determination to be surrendered completely to God&#8217;s direction and purpose in life.\u00a0 Of course the mystery for me is that often this has indeed proven to not be the case, and a heart desire ended up being completely fulfilled in an unexpected way as I trusted in Christ Jesus and lived in him.\u00a0 That being said, the ache is real until one knows, until one clearly sees.\u00a0 With this preliminary explanation I now direct you to my slightly overly poetic musing below.<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"duv7g-0-0\"><!--more--><b><\/b><i><\/i><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"duv7g-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"duv7g-0-0\">I often wonder why there are things in life that instantly make me react with excitement head to toe; things\u00a0that are unlikely to ever be a regular part of my path in life.\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"duv7g-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"duv7g-0-0\">Call them desires, call them\u00a0dreams.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"duv7g-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"duv7g-0-0\">Unfulfilled they sting\u00a0yet also\u00a0remain some what sweet when brought up anew.\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"duv7g-0-0\">I am not entirely restless and I am most certainly not ungrateful.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"56lia-0-0\" data-editor=\"1tiui\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"56lia-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"56lia-0-0\">It amazes me how one can be completely thankful for where they are in life and in that same head and heart space remember they long for something that wouldn&#8217;t really fit.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"56lia-0-0\">Is this the push or encouragement to become more comfortable more ready for change?<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"56lia-0-0\">I know life is a book full of different chapters.\u00a0 Is this\u00a0a foreshadow, and if\u00a0it is how far ahead is it foreshadowing?<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"56lia-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"56lia-0-0\">\u00a0<em>&#8220;We don&#8217;t know where we&#8217;re going, but isn&#8217;t is fun to go?&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"56lia-0-0\"><em>~L.M. Montgomery (The Blue Castle)<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Perhaps this is a whispering reminder to have an eternal perspective.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"815kb-0-0\" data-editor=\"1tiui\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"815kb-0-0\">P.S. An overly dramatic quote from a favourite book series of mine:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"815kb-0-0\"><em>&#8220;The ghosts of things that never happened are worse than the ghosts of things that did.&#8221; <\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"815kb-0-0\">~L.M. Montgomery (Emily&#8217;s\u00a0Quest)<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-offset-key=\"815kb-0-0\">To which my heart warmly replies -never hasn&#8217;t happened yet-! \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Be blessed, encouraged and challenged in Jesus Christ today!<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-offset-key=\"815kb-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-offset-key=\"815kb-0-0\">TTFN<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-offset-key=\"815kb-0-0\">Always Lady Mac an Rothaich<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path. ~Psalm 119-105 (ASV) After an incredibly relaxing morning with the family I reflected on how often my hopes don&#8217;t\u00a0appear to line up with my determination to be surrendered completely to God&#8217;s direction and purpose in life.\u00a0 Of course the mystery for me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,7,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1753"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1762,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions\/1762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}