The Things that Really Matter

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Heb. 6:10 “For God is not unjust to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward His name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.”

Lately, I went to the wake of my workmate’s mother who is a retired teacher. I don’t know if this is odd about me but if someone will invite me to a birthday party and another one to a funeral, I would rather go to the funeral. It is because, when I am at a funeral, it helps me focus on the things that really matter. It helps me to focus on eternity. It reminds me that we don’t have all the time in this world and one day, we will also be called to go home.

And when I’m at the funeral, one thing that really stood out to me was that no one was saying “She had a wonderful job, had a wonderful house, or great possessions or fantastic cars!” No one talked about the “things” that we often spend so much time concerned about! All they were talking about was her faithfulness to the Lord, her love to her family, and the students she had helped. I guess I just wanted to bring that up because when we do the things that matter, when we help people, when we encourage people, when we talk to people about the Lord, when we try to teach someone something about the Lord… these are the things that last for eternity. These are the things that really matter in this life and none of them are in vain. God sees them all and God rewards them!