re: Do you ever think about the concept of eternity?

I’ve struggled with my own mortality as well of late. Call it a crisis of faith or a natural evolution of thought, regardless, I believe it’s something that affects most adults at some point. I choose to believe that the thoughts and questions that mortality provokes is part of the pathway to a deeper relationship with God. It’s also why the Christianity of childhood, which for many people is their whole understanding of their proclaimed faith, isn’t enough to truly sustain through adulthood. There has to be a cultivated and continued relationship with the Creator in order to accepr mortality, grow in our faith, and move beyond a “Sunday School understanding”.

But the questions, the type you’re experiencing, run through the minds of the ardent believer. And the ardent non-believer. I still wrestle with them.