Only Jesus Christ can give you true and everlasting peace and joy. The world tempts us with things that bring us very temporal and shallow peace and joy. This can come in many different forms and often appears to be good. I see this so often in celebrities and star athletes. Take Tiger Woods for example; I believe it's safe to say he is the best golfer to ever grace the course in terms of talent and ability. He has tried to fill an empty void with various degrees of addiction and in turn, it has cost him his family, health, career, and ultimately his life unless repentance comes. Notice that destruction wasn't immediate but it was imminent. For a while, he had all of these problems going on and they were left unnoticed while he appeared to be on top of the world but little by little, he was being devoured. The cares of this world will cause you turn to something. If you don't have Christ, you will turn somewhere else for comfort. As we all know, Tiger Woods turned to a sexual addiction and substance abuse and was judged extremely harsh for it because he was in the public eye, but are any of us really that much different than him?
We are all born with a missing puzzle-piece that can only be filled with Jesus Christ. However, we often spend years trying to fill it with things that are tangible and that we think will bring satisfaction and pleasure; instead these things eventually bring destruction and heartbreak. I have spent much of my life trying to fill this void with various degrees of comfort but nothing fit the void. You see, the void is divine; it was God's perfect will for all of us to have it. I see it like a jigsaw puzzle. We slide around all kinds of different pieces trying to make them fit, but they just don't and no matter how bad we try, they never will. The good news is that there is one piece that will fit and his name is Jesus Christ. He turns mourning to dancing and always delivers on His promises. Only an experience with him can annihilate the cares of this world.
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