The train door closes on a couple just as they were about the board.
They burst into laughter and found a seat. They were still giggling and smiling as the train departed and brought them out of my sight.
It's okay to miss out on something when you're with your Girlfriend. Why? To employ a culinary metaphor, it is because she's the main course. Everything else is secondary. Does it matter if you miss a train? Not if you missed it together.
And then why is it not the same to miss the same train... with God? Do I have the same profound appreciation for Him? Does it matter if I'm missing out on a lot in life? It shouldn't if it's all with Him.
Back to the couple and the train, I think that ideally every individual should have such individual intimacy with God that as they laugh at their circumstances, they do so together because they are unwilling that their other half should miss out on the intimacy that they each have with God.
And so, I am reminded again that I must not pursue a relationship from the starting point of a need or lack. If that's the starting step, what missteps would those be that follow?
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