Charles Garrigus made the following insightful observation: “While three-fifths of the world’s population worries about hunger and survival, we anxiously wrestle with overweight and boredom. ...yet, in personal relationships and inner peace, we are revealing that we do not know how to live. We are artists at having and failures at being.”

Psalm 33 makes this declaration: "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." This psalm goes on to list five characteristics that each nation must exhibit if they want God's blessing.