“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?” — Mark 8:36

To see clearly is to reject the world’s empty treasures and grasp the true riches of heaven—humility, self-denial, and the power of a soul surrendered to Christ. —D.

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The world moves with blind eyes, grasping at things that slip through the fingers—gold, titles, pleasures that dull the senses rather than sharpen them. Men chase after mirages, thinking them real, never once stopping to ask if what they seek will hold its weight in the end. But Christ spoke plainly: the treasures of the world rot. The riches men hoard decay. The honors they covet crumble. And when we aren’t careful, when we let the world’s hungers become our own, we’ll follow its blindness straight into the pit.

But there is another way. Judge with clarity, He says. Not with the dull logic of a world that calls evil good and good evil, not with eyes fogged by the distractions of the senses, but in the Spirit, with reason, with the wisdom of the saints who saw past the surface. Look at what the world mocks. Look at what it casts aside as weakness—humility, forgiveness, self-denial. These are the true treasures. To scorn wealth for the sake of Christ is more powerful than ruling a kingdom. To forgive an enemy takes greater strength than conquering an empire. And to stand before God, to see yourself as you truly are—to lay your twisted desires at His feet and ask Him to break them? That is more miraculous than raising the dead.

There is no glory in following blind men over a cliff. There is no honor in gaining the world and losing your soul. So look clearly. See through the lie. Christ alone is real, and what He gives, no man can take away. The world will say otherwise. It will laugh at those who choose the narrow road. But in the end, when all else crumbles, the ones who saw clearly will stand.