Comments on: There Must Be More Than This

By: Kai

Kai — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:33:49 +0000

Wow! Powerful! and I have prayed this too, to be exact. I have advance cancer currently in remission (answered prayer) and after a life of screwing off.. I prayed for "more time, so I could study you " i.e. read the bible/study it in full, then apply and do God's will here on earth." —-more time here rather than to die and be in his presence. hmmm. do i think i need to earn the gift?… or would i be shamed to die in this mostly selfish, worldly life i have lived and wish rather to redeem it before i depart?? Big questions, not sure the answer. Thanks for giving me new perspective on this issue. God bless.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:05:12 +0000

I think it was CS Lewis (but I'm not sure) who pointed out that our very desire and expectation that there should be more is evidence that there is more.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:45:41 +0000

Thanks,
I needed that.

By: Chris_Tomlinson

Chris_Tomlinson — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:14:01 +0000

Hey Mike, I'm glad you were able to identify with it. It is such a tremendous struggle for me, and it's a saddening feeling but also one with hope. I keep finding much of a life with God is paradoxical, and finding hope in this kind of despair fits the model =).

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:45:11 +0000

I think this is an excellent poem because it expresses a feeling I can identify with. That feeling of the spirit being willing but the flesh weak, and of being a wretched man who seldom uses to the full this life God has given me.