Friendship Is A Very Taxing And Arduous

Sin Is Not Only Manifested In Certain Acts That Are Forbidden By Divine Command. Sin Also Appears In Attitudes And Dispositions And Feelings. Lust And Hate Are Sins As Well As Adultery And Murder. And, In The Traditional Christian View, Despair And Chronic Boredom - Unaccompanied By Any Vicious Act - Are Serious Sins. They Are Expressions Of Man's Separation From God, As The Ultimate Good, Meaning, And End Of Human Existence.

We Wish The Joy Of Love, The Joy Of Companionship, Of Being In The Company Of, In The Presence Of The Person We Love, Of Living A Common Life With That Person, Perhaps Ultimately The Joy Of Perfect Union.

Friendship Is A Very Taxing And Arduous Form Of Leisure Activity.

First, An Angel Is Spiritually Present At Whatever Place In Physical Space Happens To Be Occupied By The Body On Which It Acts. It Can Be Present At That Place Without Leaving Heaven Which Is Its Spiritual Residence.

We Are Selfish When We Are Exclusively Or Predominantly Concerned With The Good For Ourselves. We Are Altruistic When We Are Exclusively Or Predominantly Concerned With The Good Of Others.