The Stuff Of Life

Looking around this morning, I noticed a lot of “stuff’. I like all these things, but it is ‘just stuff”. There are no special treasures even though I like and enjoy some better than others, and some of it, in my opinion, would be irreplaceable. However, it is all still just stuff that could go up in smoke in an instant. True, I would miss and be sad should it suddenly all be gone, but it is still just stuff. 

    If all my stuff should be caught on fire or blown away in a violent storm, I get an earthly do-over to be selective in acquiring new “stuff”.  However, once I meet my Lord face-to-face, I have no further do-over. There will no further earthly chance to choose new earthly possession of redo how I treat others. I will have made my final choices as I stand at heaven's judgment seat. 

     What matters in the here-and-now is God and people. People are of value to God, and that makes them of value to me. It is good to remind myself that God and people are the “stuff” which matter, and they should be my treasures.