Thought for Today Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is...That is why bad people know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in. We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it; and Christ, because He was the only man who never yielded to temptation, is also the only man who knows to the full what temptation means - the only complete realist. - C.S. Lewis The Choices We Make The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; 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 drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom; We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values; We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often; Weve learned how to make a living, but not a life; Weve added years to life, not life to years; Weve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor; Weve conquered outer space, but not inner space; Weve done larger things, but not better things; Weve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; Weve split the atom, but not our prejudice; We write more, but learn less; We plan more, but accomplish less; Weve learned to rush, but not to wait; We have higher incomes, but lower morals; We have more food, but less appeasement; We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication; Weve become long on quantity, but short on quality; These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; 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; These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer to quiet, to kill; It is a time when there is much in the show window, and nothing in the stockroom; We are called to make many choices, that affect many people and we live with the consequences. Let our choices be the type that lift up God and bring glory to His name.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:48:08 +0000
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