PROSPERITY

"Yet true godliness with content-

ment is itself great wealth.  After all,

we brought nothing with us when

we came into the world, and we

can't take anything with us when we

leave it.  So if we have enough food

and clothing, let us be content.

But people who long to be rich

fall into temptation and are trapped

by many foolish and harmful de-

sires that plunge them into ruin and

destruction.  For the love of money

is the root of all kinds of evil.  And

some people, craving money, have

wandered from the true faith and 

pierced themselves with many

sorrows." 

(1 Timothy 6:6-10 NLT)

"Don't store up treasures here on 

earth, where moths eat them and 

rust destroys them, and where

thieves break in and steal.  Store

your treasures in heaven, where

moths and rust cannot destroy, and

thieves do not break in and steal.

Wherever your treasure is, there

the desires of your heart will also be.

(Matthew 6:19-21 NLT)

As I travel through this old world I want

to travel light.  Instead of loading myself 

down with the weight of "things" or "stuff" 

let me turn all of that expense and effort in

to treasures in heaven instead of just 

something else to take care of.

This worlds "things" will be gone at my 

death.  But what I have put into the work

of God will be a treasure I will have 

forever.