Plantinga Chapter 1

In A Separate Peace there is a part where the main character as Plantinga put it “would wake up each morning with a rush of feeling so profound that it overwhelmed him”. He also said that a great many people would if pushed claim that they had felt something similar. I am not one of those people and Longing is something that is nothing but an abstract concept to me that I understand in meaning but not practically though this I fairly obvious I feel as I have used the word practically to describe it. Hope I feel a bit more confidence all be it not much in talking about because I believe that every human being has hoped for something. Especially as hope is a much wider and more encompassing term. It can range from hoping for good weather the next day to hoping for a day when all violence ends. Hope is the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best. However this definition is far too bland to encompass all that hope is, and unfortunately since I am incapable of describing a mere element or ingredient as it was eloquently put by Plantinga I cannot hope (ah ha pun) to put a definition on this either. These two things that I am not capable of describing or understanding are two of the most important elements of human life. We must long and hope for things or else there is no point to do anything. All things we do in life are towards some goal whether it is spoken or not and if we are to be good Christians then the most important thing we can do is long for God.