Written on a 4x6 note card by Stan Julin.
[Blog Author's Note: The Note Card entry below contains some good thoughts but particularly caught my attention as a good example of a style that is typical of my dad's writings. When he mentions his darker thoughts, he does not leave them simply to stand on their own but concludes by turning them toward brighter thoughts of hope in God. Throughout this blog, I have tried to follow this same pattern as I have discussed the tragedy of those dark final days of his struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. We are in good company, for this is the common pattern of the Psalms.]
August 15, 2002
I do not like life; it's too much trouble. We that are, in this tabernacle do groan; being burdened. Someone said it well: Life is hard; then you die. [Eric's Eulogy mentions this same statement.] We who have sworn allegiance to Jesus are the children of God -children- bewildered, unskilled, exposed. Some might think I am a wise man. If turning my back to that which is transient is wise, then I suppose I am. In the end, however, it is for God to say. I am willing to wait for that.
Life seems to consist to a degree in the excercise of evaluating and dealing with disappointments. Spoken as a true pessimist, Stan. Is there no appreciation of hope for fullfilment of promises? No relish of the certainty of coming events? I would write otherwise on another day.
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