“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.(Luke 12:32-34 ESV)
We hold on to stuff. Be it for a rainy day, retirement, remembering a special person or occasion, or, as often is the case: out of fear and worry. What if? What if I need that someday? Fortunately for us, Jesus does not tell us to sell ALL our possessions, like He did some, but He does exhort us to hand on a little less tightly - no, a lot less tightly, so we are free to give and free to trust. Let us treasure Him, the people He has put into our lives, the experiences He has allowed us to have, and most of all, that "Jesus loves me, this I know." Those are treasures that endure.
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