Losses and Gains

The really dangerous thing we can do is to rely too much on the things of this world. In the end, it will all be taken away. To make anything, or anyone for that matter, a safety net is to set one’s self up for disappointment. All our talents, all the people we care about and rely on, anything at any moment can be taken away. It is at this moment that we see the Lord most clearly. It is only in Him that we can put any trust. Only He will never leave us, never desert us. Make no mistake, it isn’t that God WANTS us to lose all the things here we value. It is a fact that we WILL lose them. They are, at least in this life, temporary gifts along the way. The only permanent gift is Him. Now here’s the most interesting and wonderful thing. Place God first, and all the temporary gifts here become even more valuable, more dear to us, and more appreciated (and - perhaps one day- these temporary gifts might even become permanent ones, but that is in another life, in a far more beautiful story that has yet to be written).