Melissa and I had the opportunity to have dinner alone with Caleb last night before he headed back to El Paso today.
I asked him how his acquaintances in the military compare to those he knew in college.
As I suspected, a great many seem to be living rather shallow lives - their time spent on chasing sexual conquests, drinking alcohol, and playing video games.
Reminds me of the famous Henry David Thoreau line: "The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation."
Hedonism often does a good job of masking the desperation underneath, but it can never erase it.
One can only hope that as the younger generation matures at least some will seek out the deeper things of life - and perhaps even find God.
God intended that [humanity] would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. Acts 17:27 (Paul flatly contradicts the tenets of Calvinism here, by the way.)
Jesus warned, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy" and then added this profound contrast: "I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness."
It's a night and day difference.
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