"If you have wisdom, you understand that you were created for the glory of God and for your eternal salvation. This is your purpose, this is the center of your soul, this is the treasure of your heart." St. Robert Bellamine

Do you want to fulfill your purpose in life, your destiny for existence? Then, don't get distracted or sidelined by things that are not essential. Our destiny is our eternal salvation for the glory of God.  Adam and Eve let themselves be so distracted that they lost their relationship with God. God became flesh to restore us to our right relationship with him. We were given the gift of salvation, the atonement of our sins and a share in God's life. This is the treasure we are called to safe-keep, to guard even to the cost of our physical life. What a shame it will be that, after all that God has done for us through no merit of our own, we would forfeit the gift he has given for trinkets. Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a pot of food. Beware of following his example. The pleasures of this life are transitory; the pleasures of life with God are eternal.