“If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and earnestly to hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I submit that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is not part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the reward promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak.”

C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory, 1-2.

We are too easily satisfied with tinsel that disappoints and quickly loses its luster. God offers us the truest gold that never perishes and cannot fade.