Because we are hardwired for Forever, we’ll long for a perfect paradise, and we’ll struggle with the reality that our current address—a fallen world—is anything but perfect. This longing and struggle are reasonable, but in our moments of eternity amnesia, we’ll become unreasonable in expecting the present world to be what it can never be.
We want the here and now earth to behave as if it is our final paradise destination, when in fact, all that we are experiencing in the here and now earth prepares us for the Forever destination that is to come.
Nobody who ever met Jesus ever had a moderate reaction to him…They either hated him and wanted to kill him, they were afraid of him and wanted to run away, or they were absolutely smitten with him and they tried to give their whole lives to him. (J. Stott)
It is unloving and (ironically) selfish to let someone continually sin against you. It is not loving: toward other (some future) victims, toward God who created you and other human beings to be loved and honored, and even toward the perpetrator who needs desperately to change.
Bob Dylan said, "Ya gotta serve somebody." Translation: No one is really free. You have to live for something and whatever is the meaning of your life is the Lord of your Life.
Our truth-allergic, experience-addicted populace wants transformation but doesn’t want the loss of freedom and control associated with submitting to authority within a committed community that can lead to transformation.
@Aztecross Four things eventually took their toll and drove me away. 1) Constant virtue signaling 2) My time wasn't honored with answers or meaningful progression 3) The seasonal model was life draining 4) PvP got no love or respect.