Building a HOUSE on sand

Pope Benedict SVI said: The current global financial crisis illustrates why it is a mistake to build on passing realities like money and successes. We see this today in the collapse of the great banks. And so all these things we thought were real and were counting on are in fact realities of a second order. he said on the day European stock markets plummeted following news of government bail outs for two mortgage and banking companies.
"We need to change our ideas of realism. The realist is someone who recognizes in the word of God, in this reality that appears so weak, the foundation of everything."
In the parable of the two houses, on sand is built only things we can see and touch - success, career, money. Apparently they are real, but one day they pass. The banking crisis demonstrated how quickly they disappear.
Whoever builds his life on these things - on material things, on success, on appearances - is building on sand.
Be aware: the true realist is someone who builds his life on the things that remain, recognizing Gods place in his own life.