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03-12-2008, 05:43 AM
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal."
Matthew 6:19
I ducked under a door into a secret chamber of the pyramid—King Khufu’s tomb.
We gathered around the tour leader. "At one time this room glittered with inconceivable treasure," he said. "The king’s entire life was spent piling up riches to fill his burial chamber." I tried to roll away thousands of years and envision the treasure that had once sparkled in the darkness around me. All the treasure had long been stolen or decayed. Everything gone.
I, too, was an accumulator of material things—a kitchen full of gadgets, closets stuffed with clothes, a garage crammed with playthings. Not as splendid as the king’s, but just as fragile and transient. How much better, I thought, to spend my time and energy on treasures that would last forever—the eternal treasures that come from giving, caring, forgiving. When I climbed out of the pyramid, I’d seen much more than one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
by Sue Monk Kidd
Matthew 6:19
I ducked under a door into a secret chamber of the pyramid—King Khufu’s tomb.
We gathered around the tour leader. "At one time this room glittered with inconceivable treasure," he said. "The king’s entire life was spent piling up riches to fill his burial chamber." I tried to roll away thousands of years and envision the treasure that had once sparkled in the darkness around me. All the treasure had long been stolen or decayed. Everything gone.
I, too, was an accumulator of material things—a kitchen full of gadgets, closets stuffed with clothes, a garage crammed with playthings. Not as splendid as the king’s, but just as fragile and transient. How much better, I thought, to spend my time and energy on treasures that would last forever—the eternal treasures that come from giving, caring, forgiving. When I climbed out of the pyramid, I’d seen much more than one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
by Sue Monk Kidd