Well, I just got back from church, and the youth minister had a pretty interesting sermon about how selfish people can be.

For most of us humans, it's hard to not put yourself before everyone else. It's human nature to be greedy, to say "Well who cares who gets hurt in the long run. I'm getting what I want now and that's all I care for." For example, his sermon reminded me of a preview for a movie I saw on tv.

I forgot the name, but the movie was about this guy who comes up to a lower middle class couple with a black box. And inside this box, there is a button. The guy tells them that if they press the button, they will receive one million dollars. However, someone whom they do not know will die.

I thought to myself what I would do if I were given this choice. My first thought was, "Well who cares? It's someone I don't know." But then when I thought about it, I began to realize that the person who would die was a bunch of peoples loved one. Sure, having a lot of money would be nice, but I would be causing an irreparable amount of pain to others.

I guess that we as christians, and as humans in general, need to think more about which is more important to us. Whether it's material things which will rot and loose value over time, or it's something of much more value like our very souls.