The paradox of our time in history is that we have
taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider
freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more,
but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families; more
conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees,
but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment;
more experts, but more problems; more
medicine, but less wellness.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced
our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and
hate too often. We've learned how to make a
living, but not a life; We've added years to life,
not life to years.
We've been all the way to the moon and back, but
have trouble crossing the street to meet the new
neighbor. We've conquered outer space, but not
inner space; We've cleaned up the air, but
polluted the soul; We've split the atom, but not
our prejudice; We have higher incomes, but lower
morals; We've become long on quantity, but short
on quality.
These are the times of tall men, and short
character; steep profits, and shallow
relationships. These are the times of world peace,
but domestic warfare; more leisure, but less fun;
more kinds of food, but less nutrition. These are
days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier
houses, but broken homes. It is a time when there
is much in the show window and nothing in the
stockroom; a time when technology can bring this
letter to you, and a time when you can choose
either to make a difference, or to just hit
delete...
(Mat 6:24-34) "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money. Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Mark 8:36-37 What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
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