While we are here

I have probably shared before that what I try to communicate to others who are struggling with things is to give it a day, give it some time. The reason I do this is because I know that the things that really bothered me, the things that I really thought were major issues, when I was fifteen, weren't a big deal when I was twenty-five.

Perspectives change. Why? Because, we mature, we start to see things for what they are, we start to understand there are bigger things, bigger issues. We also start to see that things don't last forever. The car we thought was IT isn't it anymore. Today, you might have your eye on the "newest" phone out there. You think about it, you "dream" about it, you WANT it. However, once you spend the thousand dollars to get it, you soon realize that it isn't anything more than an obsolete technological device and you begin to desire the "newest" device out there.

Today's word is 1 John 2:17, NKJV, which reads, "And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of GOD abides forever."

Everything we think is the best thing in the world is only temporal; it is all passing away. When all we think about, all we crave, all we chase, all we lust after is temporal/worldly things, we will always find ourselves discontent and lacking. Why? Because, it is all passing away. What is the newest, best, most amazing device in the world today will be obsolete within the year. A fleeting moment of temporary indiscretion isn't worth the heartache and pain that will last the rest of your life.

Think on the good things - GOD'S thing. If we will do His will and serve Him, if we will accept His salvation, we will abide forever. Here on this earth? No. But, we will abide with Him forever in Heaven. Plus, we will have a much fuller, richer, more fulfilling, more satisfying life while we are here.