“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?” Mk8.36
Jesus is telling us clearly, that if we hold on to autonomy, live for our own purposes and refuse Him the throne of our lives that we can lose our soul. My oldest daughter wrote a paper in grammar school defining success. In it she expressed that if she became the President of the United States and this was not God’s will for her life then she would not be a successful person. This was her simple way of understanding the words of Christ. Each of us would do well I think to flesh out these words of Christ. The recent movie Kingdom of Heaven made an impression in me in a number of ways. In one scene Hospitaller was explaining to young Bailian the nature of the Kingdom of Heaven. Pointing to his head and then his heart he said, “The Kingdom of God is here, and here, and what you decide to do everyday, you will be a good man or not.” We lose or gain our soul each time we choose His purpose or our own. 6/20/07 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
