Truth Memoirs

When I was younger, I learned through New Age teachings that everything is temporary: emotions, thoughts, people, and scenery. I shouldn't get attached to anything; I should just go with the flow. This perspective on life made sense to me, and I tried to apply it to my own life. But it was easier said than done. I struggled with it because even though it made sense, I desperately needed something to hold on to when life didn't go my way. To my surprise, when I started my journey of faith in Jesus Christ, I learned that the Bible also encourages me not to get attached to this life on earth, because it is temporary. I learned later that although the Bible encourages a similar perspective on life on earth, it goes further than New Age teachings. The Bible points me to a permanent life that I should hold on to. Eternal Life The Bible has discouraged me from placing too much emphasis on the value of life on earth. Instead, it encourages me to align myself with a life that will last ...

In my journey of searching for truth one of the mindsets I embraced  about life (outside my Christian faith) was that I should not to hold too tight to anything in this life because life on earth is temporary. I believed this mindset would work well in situations where I experience unwanted loss. It was easy to embrace this mindset when life was going well but when difficult life circumstances happened I had further questions about the source of these difficult circumstances but I could not find answers through this mindset.  I then realized that the Bible says the same thing about this life being temporal but it goes further by encouraging me to embrace a permanent life that is available now in this lifetime. Eternal Life  Eternal life traditionally used as reference to a continued life after death, but according to the teachings of the Bible it is available now in this lifetime, there is no need to wait for death to experience it. Living a life that flows from the ...