Are you OK?
How are you coping? Are you OK?
Whilst out for my exercise allowance yesterday, I really appreciated our local beauty spot, known in our neighbourhood as “the Glen.” As I was admiring the charm of nature, my thoughts drifted into thinking about all of the material possessions I had accumulated in life. All those things I had worked so hard to acquire….. just did not matter at all.
A scripture from Matthew 6, ran through my mind “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal….For where your treasure is, there will be your heart also.”
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐? ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐?
I recognised very quickly that ๐ฎ๐น๐น that ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ matters is our family and relationships with others. Previously, I have recorded many thoughts about ownership and stewardship. We own very little and yet are stewards over much.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐?
These times of peril and adversity have a way of refocusing our priorities. The trials, hardships, difficulties and challenges of today ๐๐ถ๐น๐น pass. How we choose how to act each day, will impact upon our family and personal relationships for generations to come. Please consider this counsel from a wise leader – Dieter F. Uchtdorf when he said โWhy, then, do we devote so much of our time and energy to things that are so fleeting, so inconsequential, and so superficial? Do we refuse to see the folly in the pursuit of the trivial and transient?โ
In these challenging times consider once again what really matters most, where does your treasure lie?
