Christian Reflection and Prayer

Scripture:

"And what do you benefit if you gain
the whole world but lose your own soul?
Is anything worth more than your soul?"
Mark 8:36-37, NLT    


Reflection:

Do you no anyone who spends all their time
and energy seeking pleasure.  It seems like
they spend all their time trying to gain
possessions, position, or power. Does all this
sound too familiar.  Well, Jesus tells us that
all of this desire is ultimately worthless.  We
have to start realizing that whatever we have
on this earth is only temporary, it cannot be
exchanged for your soul.  At one point in my
life I felt that if I worked hard to get what I want,
I would have a "pleasurable" life, but in the end,
I discovered it was hollow and empty.  When I
thru all of this away and let Jesus Christ into
my life, when I began pursuing God and not
the selfish pursuit of pleasure.  I discovered
what it means to live abundantly and to have
eternal life as well.  I can't emphasize this
enough, that whatever we have on this earth
is only temporary, and that nothing that
we possess in this world is worth our soul.
You see our soul is not temporary but eternal.
Ask yourself, ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE
UP YOUR SOUL FOR WHAT YOU POSSESS
NOW!

Prayer:

Thank You God for this:

"For I am convinced that neither death,
nor life, nor angels, nor principalities,
nor things present, nor things to come,
nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor
any other created thing, shall be able
to separate us from the love of God,
which is in Jesus Christ our Lord."
(Romans 8:38-39)