If I won ...

My sister asked me If someone were to tell you, “Congratulations, you just won a lifetime supply of ______!” what would you want to hear in that blank?  Here is my reply in story form.

 If I had someone of authority grant me a life-time supply of something I wanted, that would be too good to be true. And there are little things on earth that I would truly want a life-time supply of. In truth, I would rather have a life-time supply of something not tangible but useful and treasured. Something like love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, faithfulness and self-control and the wisdom to use all of it. Everyone knows life doesn't last forever on Earth, so what exactly is a life-time supply? If you have too much of one thing, you might die and never get to use it in your life-time. "And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, "What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?" And he said, " I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry." But God said to him, " Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?" So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."  Luke 12:16-21 Is a life-time supply just what you can use during this life? How would anyone know just how much is a life-time supply. I say don't even think about a "life-time supply." "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:19-21 Trust in God and one day he will give you eternity with Him and you will need no earthly supply. It is very strange that heavenly mindfulness can give you a certain cynical view of earthly things. That's all for now.