“For where your treasure is, there your heat will be also.”
Luke 12: 34
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| Sri Chimoy - c. 2005 |
Have you ever purchased
something – a new car or a new brand of shoes -- and suddenly start noticing a
lot more of that particular brand? Once you’ve spent your money on a BMW
or on Birkenstocks, you start seeing BMWs or Birkenstocks everywhere. Our
hearts and minds are hard wired to respond that way. I remember my first car
was an Opel Kadett – never a lot of those around – but whenever I saw one, I
felt like pulling the other one over and inviting the driver over for a cup of
coffee.
So it is with wherever we place our treasure. If we start donating more money to the poor, for example, we will soon start noticing the plight of the poor more acutely. If we spend a lot of our discretionary income on concert tickets, chances are, we’ll start listening to music more attentively. On designer clothes? Designer clothes.
To really discover what we treasure and where our hearts lie, we need only take a look at our credit card statements or at our checkbook registers. Where does our money go? This is what Jesus is asking his disciples this week. Where are our hearts? On what do we spend our time, our talent, and our treasure?
So it is with wherever we place our treasure. If we start donating more money to the poor, for example, we will soon start noticing the plight of the poor more acutely. If we spend a lot of our discretionary income on concert tickets, chances are, we’ll start listening to music more attentively. On designer clothes? Designer clothes.
To really discover what we treasure and where our hearts lie, we need only take a look at our credit card statements or at our checkbook registers. Where does our money go? This is what Jesus is asking his disciples this week. Where are our hearts? On what do we spend our time, our talent, and our treasure?
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