(Just a side note - I'm away for the weekend and won't have internet access, so I'll catch up on my 40 Days accountability blogs as soon as I'm back! Make sure you read Captain Dave's in the meantime!)

40 DAYS OF PURPOSE
Chapter Four: Made To Last Forever

Main idea: Our time here on earth is just a drop in the bucket compared to the time for which we were created - eternity.
Most impactful verse: "...realizing that every moment we spend in these earthly bodies is time spent away from our eternal home in heaven with Jesus. (2 Corinthians 5:6 TLB)"
Most impactful concept: (1) The Bible calls our earthly bodies "tents" but our heavenly bodies "houses," and (2) The closer we live to God, the smaller everything else appears.
Other thoughts: We focus so much on silly, petty earthly things - we should always instead be focused on the eternal aspect of everything, if this is where we will spend virtually all of our existences. So why do we tend to think our lives are so huge and that everything that happens is the end of the world? Good question. Too bad I don't have the answer - I'd like to, especially today. Perhaps the answer to the problem lies in this concept: "The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears." It's definitely worth a shot.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:18)