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Why Are We Here? Let's Escape This World For a Moment

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Edited by Jim McCrory, Thursday 28 August 2025 at 12:50

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He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart…” 

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Learning from our Test

Life on earth is a test.  The test we face is different for each one of us.

But it's much more than just a test, it is also a learning experience.

Will we use that hard gained experience in the future?  Perhaps after our resurrection?


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Hi both,

I think God is preparing us for citizenship on the new earth. All the testing he allows us to go through now is for this purpose. To fit us for the heavenly kingdom.

Best wishes Gill.

Jim McCrory

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Hi John,

I totally agree. And isn't it interesting that in every book we read, the protagonist goes through a series of trials and comes out at the end with the happily ever after denouement?

We are wired for life everlasting.

By the way, have we met?

Jim McCrory

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Bless you, Gill, we are united in our thoughts.

Good morning



Morning Jim,

Tomas shared your link with me.   I used to belong to the congregation in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, but now live in Sussex.   My Avatar is "Truth Seeker" - that seems to get me into endless trouble because I ask questions.

I looked at your "blog" - do you write every morning?

Your brother in Christ Our Lord

John W Cook | Truth Seeker
My mentor is the carpenter's son from Nazareth - 1 Cor. 13:1,2.






Jim McCrory

John W Cook | Truth Seeker

Hi John,

I either write in the evening or morning. I try to post something daily. Because it's a writer's notebook, I juxtapose the spiritual with other matters that would be of interest to those doing Creative Writing modules.

I met a man at the weekend on the Island of Bute on Scotland's West coast. I thought you may have been him as I shared this link with him. I will now look at the video. Lovely to here from you.