Predestined Thoughts

 Actual loss can be felt with the same force as imagined loss. 

Love is both a command and a feeling.  In romantic love, the feelings can run ahead of the commands.  In non-romantic love, the command can run ahead of the feelings. The commands involve commitment. The feelings involve intimacy and passion.

Here's the chronological list of biblical figures described as having divine blessing leading to success: 1. Joseph - Genesis 39:2-3: "The LORD was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did..." - Genesis 39:23: "...because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did." 2. Isaac - Genesis 26:12: "The Lord blessed him" - Genesis 26:24: "I am with you and will bless you" 3. Jacob - Genesis 28:15: "I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go" 4. Joshua - Joshua 1:5: "As I was with Moses, so I will be with you" - Joshua 6:27: "So the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land" 5. Samuel - 1 Samuel 3:19: "As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him, and everything Samuel said proved to be reliable" 6. David - 2 Samuel 5:1...