I've been reading this book called I Became A Christian and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt.  The writer, Vince Antonucci has a great way of writing - very funny yet very pointed.  So, in this one chapter entitled "Monk" the author gives some background as to how the whole monk thing started and why monks move away from the world and live in their monasteries.  The basic premise of a monastic life seems admirable at first glance.  These men, in  their pursuit of living a deeply intimate life with God, saw the world as getting in the way.  The solution, get away from the world where their singular focus can be on God and living intimately with Him.  No other distractions to take our gaze off the Savior, to draw our attention away and onto someone or something else.  The desire of having a singular focus and passion that fixes on God seems to be what all of us a followers of Jesus should be after.

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