swiming on the deep end.

How much time in our life do we spend asking the deep questions? Searching out the core meaning of who we are, what we believe, how shall we live. To often most of our lives are tethered to activities we scarcely believe in. Most of our time is filled with events that have little meaning, moments once past quickly forgotten. For many people life is moving from one distraction to another, never committing the time or the courage to ask the deep questions. Abraham Heschel writes, "For religion is more than a creed or an ideology and cannot be understood when detached from acts and events. It comes to light in moments when one's soul is shaken with unmitigated concern about the meaning of all meaning, about one's ultimate commitment which is integrated with one's very existence; in moments when all foregone conclusions, all life-stifling trivialities are suspended." In our culture individuals lack of loyalty is considered a current crisis. I believe this steams from peoples lack of awareness to purpose. How little time most people spend contemplating life, purpose and meaning. How rare it is that one's "ultimate meaning becomes integrated with one's very existence." Most are concerned only with craving, "what am I craving now?" People chase after the temporary and in so doing miss the eternal. I want to encourage you to do something, spend real time in your life asking deep questions. Questions that make you uneasy, that make you think and wrestle. Do not be afraid of knowing what you believe.