An Eternal Reminder

I was reminded of something in a fresh way the other night. We had been visiting M.'s parents at the nursing home complex where they volunteer full-time. They needed help moving some furniture and possessions out of the room of one of the residents who had had a severe stroke, been taken to the hospital and would probably be dying very shortly.

As I helped pack this lady's possessions into boxes, I was suddenly struck with the thought that not a bit of that stuff I was packing was helping her in any way now. It was all useless, pointless - not a bit of it was she taking into eternity. I thought of the incredible rat race going on outside the walls of that building to obtain, collect and hoard more "stuff."

Since that evening, my mind has often been reminded that I need to store up my treasures in Heaven - collecting not things that will remain here when I go Home but instead things that will last into eternity - things done in the name of the Lord, relationships built, sending out the Gospel message through word and deed. In other words, people not things. They are what will last into eternity.

Thank You, Lord, for the reminder.