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A Note from the Preacher…Larry Sweeney
The Paradox of Time
The paradox of time in history is that we:
Have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families,
Bigger church buildings and smaller congregations,
A multitude of prayers, but very little faith.
A blessed life, but lack of gratitude for a loving God for our blemished hearts.
We have 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 have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life.
We've added years to life, not life to years.
We've been all the way to the moon and back.
But we have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor.
We've conquered outer space, but not inner space.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
We've split the atom, but not our prejudice.
We have higher incomes, but lower morals.
We've become long on quantity, but short on quality.
These are the times of tall men, and short character.
Steep profits, and shallow relationships; more leisure, but less fun.
More kinds of food, but less nutrition.
These are the days of two incomes, but more divorce;
Of fancier houses but broken homes.
Mark 8:36, “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?”