Where your treasure is...

"For where your treasure is, there is your heart." Matthew 6:21

This verse hit me like a ton of bricks this morning in church. I have heard it spoken and read it countless times, but today, the Lord really used this verse to speak to my heart. The passage in Matthew that this comes from speaks about not laying up treasure on Earth where moth and rust destroy or where theives can break in and steal it, but rather, lay up your treasures in heaven where it will never be destroyed.

I need to make a better effort to invest my love, time and effort in the things that are good in my life. I need to spend more time reading my Bible and exploring what God is trying to teach me. I need to bend over backwards to show my wonderful husband how much I love him and I need to nurture the miraculous gift that the Lord has given me in my dear son, Joey. I need value my parents and extended family, especially my mom who is battling cancer. I need to honor the Lord with the work that I do with my students at my work.

So, I will spend less time in front of the t.v. and pursuing my other silly past-times and more time investing in the bountiful treasures the Lord has seen fit to give me. Because according to God's word, this will improve the condition of my heart