>>Come to God asking Him for guidance in your journey, believing He will guide you,
>>and you will receive it. If you can understand that, then you're half way Home.
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>I don't think that journey would of lead me to a tropical island and to live with these two beautiful
>women all these years (and two kids)...

No. But in a few years that will fade and pass away. And what remains is what you must contend with thereafter as we build everything upon that which was formerly laid, just as in a foundation. For those who will believe and be saved, our foundation is upon Jesus Christ, and therefore is eternally solid and secure, with each part we build upon that foundation being of like material.

>I'm not saying I'm rooting for the other side...I'm just sayin.....

Do not fool yourself, Victor.

>what you see as "pre-conceived" might be you'r desired destiny...but it sure as hell don't have to
>anyone else's.

God asks people to come to Him. He doesn't force them. Those who desire eternity in paradise, rather than a few years there, will seek Him, because that's who He is, and that's what He's offering.

>Hey man at the end of the day all I can do is catch a few waves and stick my toes in the sand. try
>my best to keep my head out of the sand...and wake up to a happy family.

And at the end of your life, that will be all you ever had ... unless you make it about something eternal.

>I don't see how anyone would want to shoebox .themselves to such fundamentalist hoookim.

Me either (because it's not fundamentalist hoookim, but it is the living God calling out to men, guiding them on how to be, how to return to that which was lost through Jesus Christ and being "born again" into life eternal).

Each of us must choose, Victor. And you make your choices every day by everything you do, as do we all. God is there calling out to you continually. You will either answer Him or not. And He already knows whether you will or not because He sees across time. But I, for one, pray that you do come to seek Him. You will be forever grateful -- and I mean that very sincerely.