2006-07-23 18:25:36 · 12 answers · asked by rodney w 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
You must be sick. The Greek word for "Soul" used in the quote from matthew actually means "Health."
Voilla! The bible says you have clinical depression. Go get a shrink... or the slightly cheaper version of a shrink, known as a low-maintenance girlfriend. Wait, that would probably be one of the things you've achieved....
Well, in all honesty, I think it's because life's a journey, and not a destination. If you think you've got everything, you're out of goals, and probably feel you no longer have any purpose. This is sort of like an adult version of the childhood malady known as "Summer time blahs." If I were your daddy, I'd be telling you to find something to do.
Since I'm not your daddy, that would be rude of me. I will suggest that people in your situation often find some enjoyment in "Writing Memoirs," "Getting hammered." or "Day trading." My uncle took a slightly different approach, and got himself into the expensive hobby of collecting classic cars. An expensive hobby of some sort may be a good idea.
I'll reccomend writing your memoirs, simply so other people (such as myself) can learn how to achieve everything in life. For a few million dollars, I'll even start a printing company to publish it for you...
2006-07-23 18:41:41 · answer #1 · answered by ye_river_xiv 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becuz having material things does not lead to happiness (true happiness) you will still die and what hope is there after that? There is a real hope of something better, you just need to learn the truth about it. I will show you if you want, just contact me and I will send you the scriptures. The world is depressing right now anyways so that can be another reason, but hope in something better can help with that.
2006-07-23 18:34:33 · answer #2 · answered by true blu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because money and riches don't buy happiness. Happiness comes from within and feeling connected to something greater in this life. With this connection, you can feel complete and content, even without having anything. Look within yourself and reach out to the heavens. Find your spiritual side.
2006-07-23 18:35:05 · answer #3 · answered by Ven 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to read a book called The Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman. It is also a movie now. It will explain to you this very question.
2006-07-23 18:27:47 · answer #4 · answered by sistermoon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mat 16:26 — For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
2006-07-23 18:29:15 · answer #5 · answered by rapturefuture 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they have never filled in that God shaped hole in their heart that they've unconsciously been trying to fill all their lives with the things of this world. Consider what Napoleon had to say about this as he looked back at his life.
Napoleon expressed these thoughts while he was exiled on the rock of St. Helena. There, the conqueror of civilized Europe had time to reflect on the measure of his accomplishments. He called Count Montholon to his side and asked him, "Can you tell me who Jesus Christ was?" The count declined to respond. Napoleon countered:
Well then, I will tell you. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne and I myself have founded great empires; but upon what did these creations of our genius depend? Upon force. Jesus alone founded His empire upon love, and to this very day millions will die for Him.... I think I understand something of human nature; and I tell you, all these were men, and I am a man: none else is like Him; Jesus Christ was more than man.... I have inspired multitudes with such an enthusiastic devotion that they would have died for me.... but to do this it was necessary that I should be visibly present with the electric influence of my looks, my words, of my voice. When I saw men and spoke to them, I lighted up the flame of self-devotion in their hearts.... Christ alone has succeeded in so raising the mind of man toward the unseen, that it becomes insensible to the barriers of time and space. Across a chasm of eighteen hundred years, Jesus Christ makes a demand which is beyond all others to satisfy; He asks for that which a philosopher may seek in vain at the hands of his friends, or a father of his children, or a bride of her spouse, or a man of his brother. He asks for the human heart; He will have it entirely to Himself. He demands it unconditionally; and forthwith His demand is granted. Wonderful! In defiance of time and space, the soul of man, with all its powers and faculties, becomes an annexation to the empire of Christ. All who sincerely believe in Him, experience that remarkable, supernatural love toward Him. This phenomenon is accountable; it is altogether beyond the scope of man's creative powers. Time, the great destroyer, is powerless to extinguish this sacred flame; time can neither exhaust its strength nor put a limit to its range. This is it, which strikes me most; I have often thought of it. This is which proves to me quite convincingly the Divinity of Jesus Christ.
2006-07-23 18:36:14 · answer #6 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
once you've a objective or objective in innovations yet you do not comprehend£do not comprehend£do not comprehend} the great innovations to make it authentic then is simply by the actual undeniable reality that you're literally not between the fortunate persons who handbook their lives.
2016-10-15 09:36:53 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they have no purpose in life. There is a hole that can only be filled with God.
2006-07-23 18:29:59 · answer #8 · answered by Isaac M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the "things" in life do not satisfy the soul.
only God can do this
2006-07-23 18:50:01 · answer #9 · answered by happy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they see the end result and there's nothing left to be desired.
2006-07-23 18:39:09 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋