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@joelle-stone, @obrian-of-the-surface-world, @everyone else.

Just hopped on now. In regard to the whole love at first sight, i think Brian, you hit the nail on the head. Biblically incorrect, logically stupid, it is a notion designed to fool people, especially younger ones, including myself. I think of when Paul tells Timothy, “Flee from youthful lusts,” which in part could be grouped with ‘love at first sight.’ Personally I think that it is a load of garbage, (forgive the strong terms). Many people say ‘follow your heart,’ which is something that makes me bite my lip to not shout out, “The heart above all is deceitful!” Jeremiah 17:9.

In regard to the gift of an earthly father, his greatest gift to me has been two-fold. One, he was the one who led me to the Lord. Whereas the Christ saved me, my earthly father was the one that told me the gospel repeatedly, and was the one who helped me in my hour of conversion. Second, he continues to train me spiritually, pointing me to God, and giving me accsess to a positively endless amount of books by theological giants. So i would say that his gift of guiding me and training me up in the way i should go(Proverbs 22:6) is his greatest gift.