"What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?"- Mark 8:36-37 (NIV).
Billy Graham commented that we pay more attention to our body and practically ignore our soul: "We become fat physically and materially, while spiritually we are lean, weak and anemic." Karen Carpenter, a phenomenal singer, died from complications of anorexia, an eating disorder where a person literally starves themselves to death. You could see her bodily health spiraling downhill right before your eyes, causing anguish to friends and family, but she slipped away. If only we could visibly see the condition of a person's soul, I think we would see a lot of spiritually anorexic and dying people around us. Imagine what you would see in public: skeletal figures with zombie-like movement, joy never crossing their faces; their spiritual heath spiraling downhill right before your eyes. Brothers and sisters, we should be just as concerned about nourishing and strengthening our souls as we are with our flesh. If not, the cost will be too great and we will slip away, forfeiting our soul.
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