Food That Endures

The beautiful song, "Come to the Water", by John Foley, S.J. contains the haunting question, "Why should you spend your life, except for the Lord?"  So much of our energy is spent not for the "food that endures" but for the food that perishes" (cf. Jn 6: 27). ( Food, being a metaphor for pursuits, careers, projects.)  Is a material object something that fully satisfies, or is it faith, love, the gift of self to another, hours of caring for someone, hours of listening to someone who is searching, who is depressed, hours of service to feeding the hungry, or raising funds to help veterans...something intangible, but enduring unto eternity? Jesus gave us the ultimate Food that endures, himself in the Eucharist. A faithful diet of the Bread of Life will help us make the correct choice of the best way to spend our lives.
Bro. Rene