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furnaceofdoubt:

Easter Vigil

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“Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

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lovelyloretta:

I can tell you how life can still feel difficult when you have all of these things.

Because an iPhone, a Macbook, and a car are all material. Ever heard the line, “Money can’t buy me love”? Parents can buy their kids all of these things, and pay for their schooling, because they have the money to, or because it makes them feel like good parents, or because they do it to substitute an actual relationship with their children. I have many friends who have a great wealth of material things, but still feel extremely unloved by their parents because when it comes down to things like talking or being there for each other, they fall short because, “We’ve given you everything you’ve ever wanted!”

Sure, it’s not a third-world problem. Life isn’t “hard” in the sense of struggling to find clean water every day. It’s a completely new, first-world definition of “hard.” Human beings crave love, and when they don’t feel like they have it from people as important as our parents, that’s not easy to swallow. The depression rate in America is insane, and this is a big reason why. We feel like we can find happiness and companionship in our new Android.

We live in an age where we feel like money can buy happiness. We’re so independent that things like depression and anxiety can’t happen to people as long as they have a lot of material wealth. People who have an average wage, nothing more exciting than an old Dell, and parents who adore them have a “harder” life than children who never get to see their dad because he’s always working to provide the iPhone, Macbook, car, and school tuition for his children.

It’s mentality like this that prevents compassion. Sure, people shouldn’t sit around and whine, but some people do struggle despite all of the objects they have, and would be a lot happier if people would just listen to them, be there for them, and love them. 

It’s so easy to get caught up in “things” or other worldly measures of the world’s success (like fame), yet our rich and famous commit suicide all the time. We forget, Jesus asked us to give up all we have and follow Him. He knows that this is where the only true happiness is. 

this. just. this.

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