Only Real Meaning of Christmas

We humans are perfectly capable of knowing how to indulge ourselves, in so many ways. No one has to teach us how to think only of how to adorn ourselves and our loved ones, and how to eat the best food possible, and how to seek after pleasures of all kinds.

However, since God wants to show us how He truly wants us to live, then He made the mind-blowing sacrifice of leaving the perfect comforts in His Heavenly Kingdom. He became a human being, experiencing all the imperfections of the human condition, just so that He can reveal to us truths that we can never discover by our own efforts.

We are about to celebrate His coming as a poor baby, who had to sleep in a manger, or a feeding container of farm animals. He taught us that, although it is our life, our lives should not only be about us. He revealed to us that the highest form of living, is a life of giving and loving. That’s why He commanded us to love our fellow human beings, AS MUCH AS, we love ourselves.

So since we don’t like to be lonely, we must also give time and attention to the ones who are lonely and even alone.

Since we want to be wearing nice looking clothes, at least, we should give some to those who have only rags to wear.

Since we don’t like being hungry, then let’s give food to those have barely anything to eat.

The list can go on, but the idea is, since we don’t like to be needy in any way, then let’s share our blessings with the ones who are actually needy, whether physically, emotionally, or psychologically.

Self giving love is the only real message and meaning of Christmas.

Why is Barack Obama a very dangerous man?

A man who does something wrong, but does not know that it's wrong, is still a dangerous man. But infinitely more dangerous is the man who knows fully what is right, and yet still chooses to do what is wrong.

So why is Barack Obama a very dangerous man?


1) He does not have any second thoughts about deliberately deceiving people.

In and interview with Newsweek, on his election campaign plane, Obama said, " Arriving at the foot of the cross" .... he "felt God's spirit beckoning me". "I submitted myself to His will, and dedicated myself to discovering His truth."

If he has dedicated himself to truth, why did the Obama campaign and its allies have adopt an extensive "messaging strategy" that seeked to persuade religiously committed Americans that Obama has a middle-of- the-road position on abortion policy, and will promote "abortion reduction." The "messaging strategy" was intended to deflect attention away from Obama's 100% pro-abortion voting record, and from his extensive commitments to pro-abortion interest groups.

Did he really believe that American voters were that naive and ignorant about what he really stood for? What a shamelessly deceptive way to try to get votes. So much for Obama's claim to his total adherence to truth.


2) Obama says something, and does exactly the opposite of what he said, if it is to his advantage.

a) Obama claims that one of his Biblical guidelines when making important decisions is Matthew 25: "Whatever you do unto the least of My brethren, you do unto Me." He claims to also abide by the Golden Rule: "Do not do unto others what you don't want others to do unto you."

b) In the same pre-election campaign interview, Obama says, "It's hard for me to imagine being true to my faith—and not thinking beyond myself, and not thinking about what's good for other people, and not acting in a moral and ethical way,".

If Obama really lives according to the above guidelines, why is he so pro-abortion? Abortion is intrinsically immoral. It is not good for the babies being aborted (to say the least). Nor is it good for the mothers who have abortions. There are literally millions of testimonies, in the Internet, of women who have suffered emotionally, psychologically, and even physically, for years after they had their babies aborted. Nightmares, low self-esteem, suicidal tendencies, inability to bear children, and even breast cancer are some of the after effects of getting an abortion. Many recounted damaged relationships with spouses, parents, and even their children. Too many felt alone, ashamed, and unable to forgive themselves.


One might argue that Obama is not fully convinced that the fetus in the womb is already a human being.

Well, Obama claims that after having become a Christian, for almost 20 years now, he tries to find time to reading his Bible in the evenings. He must have, by now, read Chapter 1 of Luke , where it is implied that the Son of God, became a human being at Mary's "Yes". That's why a few days after, Elizabeth, inspired by the Holy Spirit, addressed Mary as Mother of our Lord. How can Mary, or any other pregnant woman, be called "mother", if they don't have a human being in their womb?

If the Divinely inspired Holy Scriptures is not good enough proof for him, he can always read the thousands of scientific testimonies of renowned doctors and scientists who unanimously agree that human life begins at conception. Or he can view any of the videos of 8-week old babies in the womb, fending off the invasive abortion instruments that are killing them. These are all readily available in the Internet. Even pro-abortionists concede that 8-week old fetuses (babies) can already feel pain.

But I am convinced Obama has already looked all of these materials. For if he has not done any research on an issue that is so important, then that makes him a fool, and a dangerous fool at that. If he has the habit of taking stands on issues without studying them first, then he will be a dangerous President to have.

If all evidences, from the Holy Bible, and from the scientific and medical communities, point to the fact that the human life really begins at conception, why is Obama still pro-abortion? My educated guess is, pro-abortion proponents give huge amounts in campaign donations, while anti-abortion proponents rely on moral persuasion and refrain from giving bribe money. So Obama silenced his conscience and went where the big money is.

c) If he truly lives by his faith's teachings on the need to do good for others, acting in a moral and ethical way, and abides by the Golden Rule, why has he, as a Senator, co-sponsored FOCA? And why was he so clear in his declaring that one of the first things he would do as President, is to sign FOCA or the Freedom of Choice Act? FOCA is a bill in Congress which, if enacted, would abolish all existing laws, whether at the State or Federal level, that restrict and limit the “right” of American women to have an abortion. FOCA is intended to do the following:

• Render useless all existing bans on partial birth abortions (where the baby is removed all the way to the head, and the head is stabbed and the brain sucked out). Sorry if that was too offensive for you.

• Remove the requirements that women be informed about the personal risks they are taking in getting an abortion.

• Disallow the giving of information regarding possible alternatives to abortion.

• Remove the rights of the parents to be informed about and give consent or disapproval to a minor daughter’s abortion.

• Abolish the law which prohibits government funding for abortion on demand. In other words, Obama will be using baby-loving taxpayers' money to fund his baby-killing agenda.

For me, FOCA is the one bill that has finally shown that “Pro-choice” is really just a grandiose euphemism. It shows that the "pro-choice" proponents are not really interested in giving the women a choice. With the above mentioned FOCA provisions, how can a woman, contemplating an abortion, possibly make an intelligent and well informed choice?

The bill shows very clearly that the abortion proponents urgently want the contemplated abortion to proceed without any kind of hindrance, whatsoever.

While he repeatedly branded McCain as a war monger, Obama is bent on declaring a total, no-holds-barred war on the most innocent and most defenseless of all human beings, the unborn child. Since 1973, the year of the infamous SC decision on Roe vs. Wade, the National Right to Life Committee and Human Life International has placed the total performed abortions at over 1.44 Billion, as of this writing! That is more than the total of all the people killed in all the wars mankind has ever known. And Obama and company are intending to increase it by even a faster rate.

It is so illogical for Obama to promise to continue to fight and put and end to terrorism, for it harms and even kills innocent civilians, while deciding to become the leader of the worst kind of terrorism, which has the most innocent and defenseless babies as the primary target.

3) Obama is all about selfish personal gain.

In the same Newsweek interview, Obama described his long and arduous journey to find God.

He claimed to have lived an ascetic existence, did a lot of fasting, did a lot of spiritual exploration, and withdrew from the world in a fairly deliberate way. He read a lot of books by notable authors of different beliefs. He was exposed to all of the major religions, physically (that is, he attended their worship services) and mentally (through readings of other very notable writers, and having spiritual mentors and directors).

Finally, after more than 10 years of searching, he discovered Jesus Christ and became Christian in the early 1990's. That was almost 20 years ago. So, while speaking "often and eloquently about the importance of religion in public life," why did he deliberately refrain from revealing his religion during the campaign?

Obama was obviously more worried about offending potential campaign supporters, than offending God who has made the Love of God as His greatest commandment. How can you now trust a guy who will put the love of political success above anything else? Doesn't he sound like just another run-of-the mill politician to you? And to think that his main campaign slogan and promise was "Change". HA!

I’m a big fan of G.K.Chesterton. And it’s not hard to admire his best friend, Hilaire Belloc, who decided to run for the British Parliament in the early 1900’s. Inspite of the fact that Britain was a predominantly Anglican nation, Belloc declared, “Gentlemen, I am a Catholic. As far as possible, I go to Mass every day. This is a rosary. As far as possible, I kneel down and pray these beads every day. If you reject me on account of my religion, I shall thank God that he has spared me the indignity of being your representative.” Now, that’s what I call a real man!


4) As early as now, Obama has shown that his promise, and therefore, mandate of bringing meaningful "Change" to government, was just a mere slogan to get himself elected as President.

Allow me to quote Mary Anne Berkery of Brooklyn, in her letter to the New York Times' editors, dated Nov. 23.

"The reason why most Americans supported an unknown, untested, thinly experienced Barack Obama as president was that they were desperate for real change. His unequivocal mandate was to bring real change. Instead we watch as he appoints person after person from the Clinton political machine, creating a virtual third Clinton presidency -- the very re-creations many of us had worked hard to prevent."

"Instead of taking the mantle of Franklin D. Roosevelt, he has taken the mantle of Bill Clinton. It's more than disappointing. It's dishonest."

Couldn't have said it better.


Now that we have seen how Obama

• will deliberately resort to grossly deceptive tactics just to get what he wants,

• how he will publicly say things that he has no intention of doing,

• how quickly he will use his eloquence to portray himself as a principled man, even if he is not,

• how unashamedly he will hide and even forego his faith for political expediency,

• how he will use slogans that appeal to people, without any intention to live up to them,

• how he easily he can disregard his conscience and do what he knows in his heart, is immoral and wrong,

• how easily he will dismiss overwhelming Biblical and scientific evidences, and stubbornly stick to what side will benefit him the most,

• and how he has shown that he has absolutely no regard for human life, in the case of the abortion issue, and will even render the safeguards useless,

Don't you think that we are looking at an incoming President of the world's most powerful country, who is absolutely untrustworthy, unprincipled, a hypocrite of the highest caliber, and without a conscience? With such negative characteristics, while holding the most powerful position, don't you think Obama is indeed a very dangerous man?

Really Valuable and Useful Gifts for Any Occassions, Especially During Recession.

In today’s world racked by wars, climate change, financial market turmoil, gross misdistribution of the world’s resources, and the murder of unborn babies, for the sake of maintaining careless and care-free lifestyles, it is mandatory that we all should start re-examining our current values and our priorities as a people and as individuals. For it is clear, that greed and indifference, which are vices, have taken root in so many individual’s and collective peoples’ characters.

We have come to a point where if we don’t get rid of our vices, and work to regain our virtues fast, we might witness the end of civilization as we know it. While virtues build up and continually enrich people, and move humanity forward, vices are always destructive.

One of the many ways we can do this re-learning is simply by reading or, even by just watching movies, whose main characters embody the virtues that we need to rediscover.

The following is a non-comprehensive list of some of the books and movies that should help us move towards positive transformation. But the value of the stories in these books and movies is dependent upon whether or not we act upon the lessons we rediscover in these stories. For one does not get better by knowing more, but by applying the higher knowledge that one has discovered.

The following is a list of some of my favorites

1) The Magic of Ordinary Days

Definitely one of the most powerful love stories that I have ever seen. The story is set in 1944. Ray Singleton (Skeet Ulrich), a shy farmer in a remote farm in Colorado, agrees to marry Livy Dune (Keri Russell), an unwed pregnant daughter of a wealthy Denver Minister, who made the marriage arrangements to prevent further scandal. Ray agrees to the marriage in spite of the fact that he has not yet met, much less known Livy. Furthermore, he knows about the pregnancy, and about the fact that the father was one of those departing soldiers, whom Livy had a casual encounter with. Ray was fully aware that he was really just being used, that Livy had no interest in him whatsoever. This seemingly simple story gets more profound in that it illustrates the power of unconditional love and forgiveness.

It was so good that I actually went to buy the book, or rather two copies of the book, so that I can read it twice! The film version of The Magic of Ordinary Days is a must see film, at least ten times. And have a box of Kleenex tissues, just in case you are a cry-baby like me.

2) Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

A miniseries about one of the most admirable and most accomplished politicians that Canada, or the world for that matter, has ever had. It was so good that I can’t remember whether it was 3 or 4 hours long. But that was not even long enough, at least for me. I come from a country which, in its more than 100 years of independence, has never witnessed a politician who had a slightest semblance or dose of the patriotism that Tommy Douglas (Michael Therriault) had.

His accomplishments as the father of the first Medicare program in the Americas, his enacting into law collective bargaining for most, if not all sectors, his insistence on government transparency and accountability, and his fierce criticisms against the greed of big business, are all individually huge accomplishments on their own individual merits. But the little guy managed to do all of the four! What a giant of a little guy! I especially liked his eloquence, his wit and his magnificent repartees.

Canadians, you ought to be thankful to God for giving you a truly rare breed of a man, a Christian, a husband, and a politician.

How many citizens can claim that they come from countries that had or have political leaders with the likes of Tommy Douglas? Speak up, or forever keep the rest of the world ignorant of your King Arthur.

3) Homeless to Harvard

Based on the true life story of Liz Murray, this movie tells the moving story of a young woman raised in severe poverty by drug-addicted parents. By the age of 15, Liz (Thora Birch) was alone and living on the streets. After her mother's AIDS-related death, Liz had only two options. She can either spend the rest of her life complaining about the lousy deal she was getting from life, or to turn her life around by getting off the streets and going back to high school. She decides to do the harder, but more sensible thing. She goes back to school and did nothing else but work part-time to support herself, while studying like nobody else has studied before. After finishing high school in record time, that is within two years, with excellent grades to boot, she managed to win a New York Times scholarship for needy students, enabling her to attend Harvard University.

It’s hard not to get highly inspired by Liz' story. And more importantly, one can see that no matter how down the chips are, there is always a way to overcome tremendous obstacles. And that way is to figure out the best possible solutions, and to take whatever actions are necessary to achieve one’s dream of a better life.

4) Silent Night

Silent Night is based on a true story during the final months of WW 2. It is a story of one courageous woman, Frau Vincken (Linda Hamilton), who actually played hostess to both American and German soldiers, who were seeking shelter in her home, from a night of bitter winter cold. Before allowing any of the opposing soldiers to enter, she set the terms of a truce for just one evening, primarily by insisting that the only way they can seek comfort in her home was to put aside their weapons before they enter.

The initial animosity and suspicion between the German and American soldiers was evident. But gradually, things simmered down, especially when the opposing soldiers discovered the human side of their opponents. Hatred, anger, duty and personal honour eventually succumbed to the higher values of respect for life and the instinct for friendship. It is a story about the true essence of Christmas which is “Peace on earth and to people of goodwill.” The story provides insight to the fact that Jesus’ command to “love one’s enemies”, is not really impossible after all.

5) Gandhi

"Gandhi" is the tale of a small-time lawyer who took on the British Empire with nothing but truth, non-violence, and unconquerable will as weapons...and won.

In 1983, Gandhi (Ben Kingsley) is thrown off a South African train for being an Indian and traveling in a first class compartment. He realized that the laws were biased against Indians and starts a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in South Africa. After numerous arrests which resulted in the embarrassing attention for the Empire, the government finally relents by recognizing rights for Indians.

With this victory, Gandhi is urged to take up the fight for India's independence from the British Empire. Gandhi agrees, and mounts a non-violent, civil disobedience campaign, coordinating millions of Indians nationwide. Britain responded with violence and the occasional imprisonment of Gandhi. But this worked against them, since this led to losing moral superiority over India and attracting the world's disfavor. Britain finally relents and grants India's independence.

However, India’s victory was quickly followed by nation-wide religious fighting between Hindus and Muslims. Gandhi goes on a hunger strike, and declared that he will not eat until the fighting stops. The fighting does stop eventually, but the country became divided. It is decided that the northwest area of India, and the eastern part of India (current day Bangladesh), both places where Muslims are in the majority, will become a new country called Pakistan. The leaders thought that violence will finally end decidedly if the Muslims lived in a separate country. Even with Gandhi’s opposition to the plan, the partition of India is carried out nevertheless. Gandhi spends his last days trying to bring about peace between both nations. He thereby angers many dissidents on both sides, one of whom finally gets close enough to assassinate him.

One cannot help but get awed by how the seemingly lame tactics of non-violence, persistence, self-sacrifice, and truth can triumph over the mighty weapons of an Empire. Except for few fanatics, people, and even countries respond well before such morally superior weapons.

Do you think that if Obama went on a hunger strike, the terrorists will finally lay down their arms? Joking aside, I will write a post on my blog http://truthhabits.blogspot.com, on why Pro-Obama Americans and other nationals should end their honeymoon with him and ask for a divorce.

6) Varian’s War

Varian Fry (William Hurt) is an American journalist who goes to France, in the days when the U.S. was still a neutral power, with one mission. And that was, to assist prominent Jewish intellectuals, artists, musicians, and others escape to the U.S. They were primarily Jews who, through their work, have made enormous contributions to moving our cultures and civilization forward. Creating a group of volunteers and using his own money, in addition to proceeds from raising funds from generous souls, he managed to help 2,000 of such people to escape the Nazi madness.

Varian's War is the true story of this forgotten hero, who at great risk to his own life, managed to preserve European heritage and culture. It makes you question your own character and priorities, and gives you much to think about, and much to strive for.

7) Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story

It tells the real-life story of Dorothy Day (Moira Kelly), who founded the "Catholic Worker" newspaper and relief agency for the poor in New York City during the Great Depression of the 1930’s. The story follows her quest to find some meaning in her life. This leads her to become Catholic and, ultimately makes her work tirelessly to helping and feeding thousands of people and providing a role model for activists.

The Catholic Worker Movement, which Day founded, still exists, with over 185 communities worldwide. Few Americans know anything about her and her excellent writings. But this movie should not only move you to tears, but, hopefully should also lead you to read Day's own autobiography, The Long Loneliness. She is now included in the ranks of Servant of God, in the company of the likes of Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Who knows, you might see her finally canonized as a saint in your lifetime.

Although it is not in the movie, one of Dorothy Day’s most famous quotes was, "Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed so easily." But my favorite is, "If I have achieved anything in my life," she once remarked, "it is because I have not been embarrassed to talk about God."

How many of us are not uncomfortable in talking about God in our many conversations with many people?

8) Gracie’s Choice

This movie is based on the true story of a 17 year-old Gracie Thompson (Kristen Bell), whose mother (Anne Heche) continues to live in a sexually promiscuous, drug-filled, and grossly irresponsible manner. Due to such almost incomprehensible indiscretions, Gracie and her siblings had to fend for themselves. Gracie decides to do whatever it takes to give her brothers and sisters, all younger than her, the motherly love, concern and devotion that she knew they needed. Determined to finish her education, while working part-time, in order to offer her family the stability that they've never known, Gracie embarks on a tireless uphill battle. However, as the mother keeps on coming back from her frequent honeymoons with her different boyfriends, Gracie finally decides to adopt her siblings in order to keep their mother away from them for good.

Is there anybody out there who knows where Gracie Thompson Weatherly is nowadays? If so, please tell us.

9) Bruce Almighty

Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) is a television reporter, who is always complaining that he only gets un-glamorous assignments. He finally gets a chance at getting what he always wanted, that is, the position of anchorman. But when he didn’t get it, he freaks out on live TV. And when he got fired, he blamed God for doing a lousy job, at lest for him. God then decides to give Bruce His powers, to allow Bruce to prove that he can really do better.

Bruce thoroughly enjoys his unlimited power at first. But he realizes later on that God has a very tough task of listening to, and answering all the prayers of everybody in the world. When he conveniently decided to grant everybody what they wanted, havoc ensues. He discovers that people basically pray for the same thing. Also, he discovered that the one thing he can't do, is alter a person's free will. This realization dawned on him after his girlfriend, Grace Connelly (Jennifer Aniston) finally ends their relationship, after being fed up with Bruce’s neglect for her. He finds out that if he wants her back, he has to do it the hard way.

As hilariously funny as this movie is, it provides insights into the characters of human beings and even of God Himself. The one that stands out most is that, despite His infinite power, it is still not easy to be God.

10) The Nativity Story

With today’s emphasis on Santa Claus, and mindless consumerism, this movie attempts to bring back the true message of Christmas. After being told by the Archangel Gabriel (Alexander Siddig) that she is to be the mother of the King of Kings, Mary (Keisha Castle-Hughes) embarks on a journey of several days through rugged terrain to assist her cousin, Elizabeth (Shohreh Aghdasholoo). There were no angels who carried her like the queen that she truly was.

Likewise, when Joseph (Oscar Isaac) and Mary made the 80 mile journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, they had to struggle against the realistic physical hardships of making the journey on foot, camping out in the open along the way, even as Mary's pregnancy becomes more advanced. Again, no angels, nor air-conditioning facilities to cool them from the heat of the sun during the day, nor heaters to keep them warm at night. When they reached Bethlehem, they had to settle for a stable. And when Jesus was born, He slept in a manger, or a feeding container from which farm animals feed.

Humility, simplicity, hardships, and self sacrifice are the predominant messages of Jesus’ birth. If you really ponder on these messages, they will most likely make you cry, that is, for happiness and gratitude that we have a God who loves us so intensely and infinitely, that He came as the humblest servant of all, and not as the Almighty King that He is.

Gain more wealth than your mind can comprehend

Supposing that as a result of the market mess, you ended up flat broke, with literally not a single cent in your pocket. Then somehow, you discovered that you have the opportunity of working again. And for the same amount of work, you will be paid with either 7 cents or with $70 Septillion times $7 Septillion. Question: which pay will you take?

But before you answer, allow me to give you a clearer idea of how much money we are talking about here. 7 cents is written as $0.07, which can get you several pieces of candy. On the other hand, 7 Septillion is written as $7 followed by 24 zeros after it. That is, $7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. If you think you can comprehend how much money $7 Septillion (the multiplier and the smaller figure in the equation) is, allow me to draw some comparisons.

1) The total world economy (yes, that includes the United States, European Union, etc.), is only less than US$55 trillion. You therefore need more than 127 Billion worlds, with the same economy size, to equal $7 Septillion.

2) According to its latest report, dated March 8, 2007, Forbes Magazine listed Bill Gates as the world’s wealthiest man, followed by Warren Buffett. The two have a combined net worth of $100 Billion. Assuming that their wealth remained the same, in spite of the market turmoil, 7 Septillion is therefore equivalent to 70 Trillion or 70,000,000,000,000 Bill Gates and Warren Buffetts.

3) The world’s population is reaching almost 7 Billion people. If we gave out $7 Septillion equally, every single citizen would have US$1 Quadrillion each! That’s enough to make the word “poverty” jump out of the dictionary and dissolve itself voluntarily, in a quadrillionth of a second.

Now that you have a dizzying and mind blowing idea of how much money $7 Septillion is, remember that you are yet to multiply it with the multiplicand of $70 Septillion. Recall that the equation was $70 Septillion times $7 Septillion. Now after coming up with the arithmetical answer, tell me if you can actually grasp the kind of money we are talking about now, before you swallow a 7 caplets of Extra Strength Tylenol, or Advil, or Bufferin, or Vanquish, to relieve your now aching head. If, after the first attempt, you are unable to, skip any further attempts at envisaging for a while. It’s not time yet. Relax and give me your answer to my original question.

You might ask “What was the question again?” Mathematics has that kind of effect on almost everyone in the planet.

Okay, the question was, which of the two pays will you take?

I am willing to bet all my US$1 Quadrillion (see number 3 above if you are still dazed by all these enormous numbers) that you will exclaim something like, “Are you nuts? What a silly question!”

If indeed that was a silly question, (meaning, who in his right mind will ever take 7 cents for an answer?), my next question is why then do most of us prefer to be silly?

Huh? Say that again?

Naah, you heard me. But for the sake of those who are still dizzy with the numbers, the question again is, “why then do most of us prefer to be silly?” Why do we content ourselves with 7 cents, when we can opt for $70 Septillion times $7 Septillion?

By the way, in the Jewish culture and tradition, the number seven symbolizes perfection. And when you multiply 70 times 7, it means without limit, and even denotes infinity.

You see most of us work our butts off, chasing after all sorts of unnecessary material goods. We chase after them, all in the conscious, or subconscious, hope that these goods will bring us happiness, which is the deepest of all our human desires. But in spite of the fact that experience has consistently shown us that no amount and type of material goods can bring us that happiness, we still keep on piling up with these worldly goods. What do they call people who keep on doing exactly the same thing over and over again, and actually expecting different results?

Remember how you felt when you finally bought your much dreamed about state-of-the-art cellphone, or your BMW 7 Series , or your mansion, or your luxury yacht? Yes, you might have felt happy (although “heightened excitement” or “exhilaration” may be the more appropriate term). But have you noticed how fleeting that “happiness” was? And worse, aren’t you again working even harder to get something “better”, in the vain hope of finally finding those worldly goods that can give you lasting happiness?

That’s why Jesus advised us to refrain from chasing after worldly goods. Being our God and our Creator, He only knows too well what exactly can really make us truly happy. And yet we stubbornly turn a deaf ear and chase after the kind of “happiness” that, in Heavenly terms, amount only to even less than 7 cents.

On the other hand, St. Paul has said “Eyes have not seen, nor ear has heard, nor has it entered our hearts, the kind of happiness that God has prepared for those who love Him.” Translation: our limited senses, minds, and even our hearts, can never grasp the kind of happiness that God so intensely desires to give to us. If only we spend our time on earth doing the work that pleases God.

Can you imagine eternity? Okay, historians and other scholars all agree that recorded human history began in Sumer, a place in ancient southern Mesopotamia (i.e., modern Iraq) just north of what is now called the Persian Gulf. The dates given for Sumer's origin, however, vary widely among scholars, typically ranging from about 3500 B.C. to about 2900 B.C. That makes recorded human history as old as 5,508 years old (3,500 plus 2008). If you think that the time of Columbus was already such a long ago, remember that Columbus lived only about 500 years ago. Think of all the people who died about 5,500 years ago. The ones who made it to Heaven have been perfectly happy ever since. And they will continue to experience uninterrupted perfect happiness for all eternity, or without end. No more problems of even the smallest kind whatsoever, no more need for anything whatsoever, no more worries of any kind, no more feelings of hunger, no more need for sleep. Just perfect and constant happiness.

By the way, remember that you only have one shot at this most important of all decisions. For, like everybody else, you only have one life to live.

So what’s it gonna be for you, the 7 cents worth of "perfect" happiness that this world can ever hope to offer , or the $70 Septillion times $7 Septillion worth of infinite and perfect happiness that our Almighty God is begging us to take?