Sunday, November 17, 2013

What is the value?

     It seems that there should be an ever-standing question that ever confronts us every moment of our lives; the question of value. In every thought that passes through our minds, in every word that crosses our lips, in every cent that we spend, and in every action we take, we ought to be asking ourselves, "What is the value in this?"
     Asking ourselves this question presupposes that we have defined the word 'value'. That point aside, what is the value?
     I'm afraid that we don't think upon this question enough, for we spend an awful amount of time and money on very short-term things, tasty food, entertainment, and comforts.
     To the women the questions must be asked, what value is there in external beauty, in fitness, or in nice clothes?  To the men the questions must be asked, what value is there in sports, in action movies, in luxurious cars, or in a large paycheck?
     The way these questions are answered will reveal what we truly believe is important. In short, where our heart is. Do we value eternity? Do we value or even consider the health of our soul? Or do we distract ourselves to the point where our dried up and hardened souls are ignored all together?
To a very large degree our souls are like concrete. The way we form them now will be the form they take for eternity. Short of something extremely drastic, later in life, the direction we are currently moving right now will be the direction we continue in for the rest of our lives and for eternity.
So if our lives currently consist of work, NFL/NBA, exercise and climbing the corporate ladder or a fit, young looking body, expensive clothes, vacations on a beach somewhere, and a luxurious car, we may want to start asking some questions about where our treasure lies. We may want to think about how we define heaven. We may need to ask ourselves this question, "If all our interest lies in earthly things now, will we find eternity in heaven all that appealing?"

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