By Barbara Croce- Contributor

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How is it that no matter who we are, where we live or how we have been raised, we all have a sense that there is more to life than what we experience down here? Whether we want to admit it or not, there is a place deep inside of us where we long for more.

 

We are born with an insatiable thirst for purpose, fulfillment,greatness.

 

If any of us really believed that all there is to life is what we have down here, we would eventually go insane with the purposelessness of it all and the pain of the broken hearts all around us. And even if we nobly choose to believe that our work is in order to usher in the next generations, what is the point at the end of it all? For their bodies will die and return to dust as well. And their children’s too.

 

And if any of us really believed that all there is to life is what we have down here, we would not fight so hard for all that we esteem right, or against all we judge wrong. What would be the point? It all would end in nothing anyway.

 

Whether we like it or not, the seed of eternity has been deposited in each one of us. Whether we agree with is or not, it is in us. We don’t have a choice as to its existence.  Some of us might choose to cover it up and hide it from our own eyes, inside and out, but the seed remains.

It cannot be killed, because eternity cannot cease. Ever. Eternity is eternal. Eternity is forever.

 

No, God did not play a bad trick on us. He always knows exactly what He is doing. The real question always remains the same: what are we doing with this eternal seed within? How will it grow? And where will our eternity be?

 

In the Alphabet of Life, E is for Eternity.

 

He has also set eternity in their heart. Ecclesiastes 3:11

 

Cultivating Thankfulness with Ann Voskamp

 

#480 Soft music filling my home

#479 A walk in warm rain

#478 A totally unexpected Thank You from a client

#477 Listening to a friend share his passion

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Barbara Isaac Croce was born in Belgium and crossed the pond 32 years ago after marrying her Amercan best friend. She is a daughter of the King of kings, a writer, motivator, wellness coach, exercise nut in her home gym where she delights in making people love/hate her, lover of life. She maintains two blogs, Barbs Fitu Blog where she posts about health, nutrition and exercise, and My Life as an Adventure where she tells on herself as she journeys through life with Jesus.

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