a comment, if i may chime in. within the past year, or so, i have come to accept that to be, is to be blessed. it does not mean that our experience may not be without trouble. an example, in the past five years i have lost my site (2014), developed severe GI issues (2015), lost part of my right foot (2016), severely fractured my left foot, ruptured my left achilles tendon, nearly lost my left foot due to a flesh eating bacteria (2017, and am still fighting to keep it), nearly died from critically low hemoglobin, and been diagnosed with congestive heart failure, likely a result of the activity dealing with the flesh eating bacteria (2018). i have become isolated from family and friends over one thing or another, and have had my reputation in many spaces trashed. within all of this, The Father's mercy abounds. it strikes me that, if He has given us the breath of life, He will become all in all with us, and that means every body. those that He designates for sonship have a special place in His economy, that is for certain. it has nothing to do with us, it is all of Him, but whether we are so designated or not, to have been given the opportunity to be is such a blessing. it will be unveiled, and when it is unveiled, all will bow at the dais of The Creator for His mercy, His compassion, His wisdom, His power...