We Are Not of This World

We are not of this world. A friend told me yesterday about how as humans, we are awkward in time, something she read in A Severe Mercy. It's almost funny how true this is (and I'm so glad there are minds capable of putting to words some of the deepest human experiences). Because we're made for eternity, time and its movement and contraints are just hard for us. This made me feel so divine. Or at least living in a realization of our higher calling. We aren't of this world! Say it again. We. Aren't. Of. This. World. We're just in it. As immediate and tangible as it is, its a distraction for the life we're going to live forever. Life on earth is like sitting at a bus stop or walking around an airport terminal. It's that moment of transition through a revolving door. Don't be distracted by something so fleeting.