So this past week or so I have been doing a lot of thinking about things since the Geneva Community is practically non existant since school has let out. Since I am a graduating senior I have been saying a lot of goodbyes and am bidding farewell to lots of people (most of whom I will never see again). I have been thinking about the concept of saying goodbye. Also last week my family said goodbye to my great aunt as she passed away. Every time I get back from a mission trip I think about the people I met their and how much I would long to see them again. During this whole time I have been asking myself why goodbyes seem so unnatural. Why is it so hard to let go of people? And why does it seem as if your never really let go even if you know you will never share a moment with the person again?
Maybe farewells are not supposed to feel normal and maybe we are supposed to think beyond our current circumstances and see things with the end in mind. Maybe our longing for lasting friendships and relationships should be a motivator for the gospel and teaching others about the gospel in hopes that we will experience community with each other again someday and experience God together in an even more profound way on the New Earth.
Just some thoughts. Feel free to give me yours.
After thinking about all of this I realized that perhaps we were not meant for this. Maybe leaving people is not meant to feel natural and should make us think deeper about they way things really ought to be. God meant for us to live in community and in constant relationship with other people.
