Soul Factory

Saturday, August 01, 2009
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O.K. This is one of those bizarre things I have been thinking about since I was like, eight years old. If we have an eternal soul, why do we think it is eternal in only one direction? Where was I, Michele's eternal soul, before April 12, 1966? Was I run off some soul factory assembly line at that point in time and space of eternity, or am I eternal in both directions of time? And if I am, what in the world was I up to?

This brings up the very controversial subject of reincarnation. Do we, being eternal souls, get more than one chance at this thing called life and ultimate salvation?

I had this conversation with a close and wise friend one time, and her response was inspired, "Why does it matter?" "I am not going to take a chance and live or believe differently thinking there may be a possibility that I get a second chance."
I agree with her 100%. I firmly believe, Jesus, the person in whom I place my trust, and His being, the message I seek to understand and live, is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

Entertaining the concept of reincarnation does not change the way I live, but it personally softens the way I forgive. It gives me an eternal perspective in both directions, and quite frankly helps me embrace the fascinating variety of people and their paths.

One night a few months back our two older sons, AJ 9 and Kyle 6, were watching a show about dinosaurs. The program was discussing the Cretaceous Period. Kyle asked AJ what they meant
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by "period". AJ answered, "A period defines a large amount of time in the earth's history." As I wallowed in parental pride at AJ's impressive answer, Kyle responded, "Or, it could just be that tiny little dot at the end of a sentence."

Within this remarkable and mysterious concept we call time, our finite physical existence of say 70 years or so if we are lucky is just "a tiny little dot".
My question to you is this, "Do you believe your life is a onetime punctuation mark? Or, do you believe it is a period within the much larger story of your eternal soul?"
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