the angels happy
They have forsaken ME, the spring
of living water--and have dug their own
cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot
hold water!" Jeremiah 2:13
The human soul cannot be satisfied
with any of earth's good things. This
is not the fault of the things of earth--
they are good and beautiful, in their
own way and in their own place.
But the soul is spiritual and immortal.
Money and fame and power--
can never be food for a soul made
in the Divine image; nothing less
than GOD HIMSELF can answer
its cravings.
We could not make the angels
happy by giving them gold and
diamonds, and building them fine
marble palaces to live in, and putting
crowns and fine clothes on them.
No more can we satisfy our
own souls with such things.
Men try to do so--
but their thirst is only
momentarily quenched--
and soon they must drink again.
Gratification only intensifies desire.
happy by giving them gold and
diamonds, and building them fine
marble palaces to live in, and putting
crowns and fine clothes on them.
No more can we satisfy our
own souls with such things.
Men try to do so--
but their thirst is only
momentarily quenched--
and soon they must drink again.
Gratification only intensifies desire.
"Whoever drinks of this water will
thirst again--but whoever drinks
of the water that I shall give him
will never thirst. But the water
that I shall give him will become
in him a fountain of water springing
up into everlasting life!" John 4:13-14
thirst again--but whoever drinks
of the water that I shall give him
will never thirst. But the water
that I shall give him will become
in him a fountain of water springing
up into everlasting life!" John 4:13-14
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