Toward Insight
Humans are as frail as the world is fleeting. Almost all live unaware, yet 'eternity' is splashed across mankind's DNA.
What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has laid upon men. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:9-11)
Jesuit priest, Thomas Sherman (1856-1933) did not choose the path of least resistance, instead he chose the better way:
I am frail—and the world is fleeting; but my soul is immortal—and God is eternal.
If I choose earthly pleasures—I shall reap nothing but vanity and dissatisfaction.
If I aim at mammon, the god of this world—then shall I resemble the rich fool, who, for earthly gain, sacrificed his immortal soul, and, in consequence, went to eternal perdition!
But if I choose God for my portion, then mercy and goodness shall follow me while I live—and glory and eternal pleasure shall crown me when I die!
I will therefore now forsake that which I shall soon lose, so that I may embrace that which I shall always enjoy!
The Last Word:
BEWARE - Our appetites for living conspire to smother our soul's longings of rest with Him.