This is how I see our situation today: We’re killing ourselves on junk food – we watch mindless drivel on TV with vulgar displays of sexuality and horrific scenes of violence.

We listen to endless chatter on the radio with never-ending conflict and criticism. We chase after every conceivable form of entertainment and pleasure, all the while, coming up empty and, ironically, craving for more.

We’re like children in a video arcade – no matter how many quarters or tokens you give them, when the last game’s over, they always ask for “just one more.” There’s no end to it. In the words of Harry Emerson Fosdick, we’re “rich in things and poor in soul.”

What’s the answer? The answer is that we need to get back to the basics and re-establish our priorities. In a word, we need to put God first.

We need to follow the Great Commandment, to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself.” (Mt. 22:37-39) 

It’s as simple as that: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Mt. 6:33)

Thanks to Philip W. McLarty

Do YOU sometimes feel that YOU are rich in the things YOU have, yet poor in soul?

GOD WILL MAKE YOU INTO WHAT YOU CANNOT MAKE OF YOURSELF!

Have you shared TreatsfortheSoul.org with your priest or minister? What are you waiting for?