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  • Merrie Destefano · 2 years ago
    Great post! I always appreciate someone who likes both sci fi and fantasy.

    "So why do we seek our dreams from television instead of a more mystical vision?"

    I agree with your question. I know I have to "veg out" for a certain period of time every day, but I never could understand people who let that become their entire life. It's like taking the inactive road instead of the interactive one. I'd rather people went out and got involved in community service that submit to the oppiate of the masses.

    On the other hand, when my book gets published (or should I say "if"), I want everyone to watch it on DVD.

    So I am double-minded. And selfish. And evil. Think I 'll put that into one of my characters.

    Blessings on your blog tour!
  • chrisd · 2 years ago
    What? No stars or dots? What kind of Wemmick are you anyway?

    I will definitely be by to read your series on blog tours.

    After the tour...
  • Susan · 2 years ago
    "So why do we seek our dreams from television instead of a more mystical vision?"

    I can’t decide if perhaps I loose sight of who God is, forgetting that He simply hovered over the waters and then began to speak it all into being. Or, perhaps, I am simply afraid to imagine anything that might possibly not come true, too busy with the futility that fills day-to-day business to allow the intrusion of disappointment.

    I like your lines, "Because the world is full of burning bushes. The heavens declare the glory of God, but too often I can’t see it." It reminds me of something I read today in An Arrow Pointing to Heaven, a biography of Rich Mullins. The author quotes Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Earth’s crammed with heaven; and every common bush afire with God; but only he who sees, takes off his shoes, the rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.”
  • Marcus · 2 years ago
    Oh, Susan. Do you really feel like your day-to-day business is filled with futility? It isn't! Your daily work is a high calling... even when you can't see it.

    Here's my favorite message of encouragement when I start feeling like that sentence.

    (And I realize you were probably making a rhetorical point.)
  • Susan · 2 years ago
    Thank you Marcus. That was very kind - and a helpful way to start the morning as I check email before quiet time and then work.

    The futility is probably because I think I am supposed to see rather than walk by faith. Perhaps I also feel unsure of exactly what I should be doing. Without the sense of calling, it is easy to get lost in the bustle and flurry of activity.

    And then, there is always, "hope deferred..". You had no idea you would be blogging with such a melancholy one, did you? Oh goodness!