Today’s Thought “Social Giant” G. Ward Matthew 6 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; 21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Soon, we’ll all be faced with a departure from this place we’ve placed so much stock in. Success was the goal and many times against what is paramount (cf. Matt.24:35), and this my friends understands achievement of sorts came and went; even past Presidents will ultimately require little to no Secret Service. Dutifully, those of us who’ve attained a particular autumn, that warrants a slowdown, along with a lack of recall in measures witnessed by our fore-parents, will seek to conduct training seminars on the many circumstances of life we either captured or that to which entangled us; yet most of our proposed lecture halls are empty and whereas those more youthful remain respectful, they’ve deemed us culturally irrelevant. I believe the primary culprit of that irrelevancy is pertinent to every other message outside of the most important one – words of eternality (2 Ti.3:16-17). How does one’s eternity look and has any presumed wise portrayed it accurately, or are they more proposing their soon departure, suggestive that the younger have so much life ahead of them? In other words, is Santa coming to town again this December? Both perspectives are wrong; Life remains the Person of Jesus Christ (*John 14:6) and whereas children die each day in mass, the guarantee of others’ departure transcends age. So, will we teach Little Jody good grades will land you the best income, lending an insatiable quest towards riches, or will there be a superior admonishing that ensures any who will listen, that while it’s okay to have $352, 686.39 in one bank account, one is far wealthier when an intimate pursuit of Christ outweighs every affiliation (cf. Josh.20:1-9)?