“And he told them this parable: ‘The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, ‘You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.’” Luke 12:16-21

Dear Jesus, You lived a very short life on earth, only 33 years. yet you watched everyone else act as if the earth was their forever home. People work hard, accumulate wealth, live in comfort and then fall prey to death like everyone before them. Their accumulation is then dispersed. Some treasures are trashed and the goals they had for themselves evaporate. I think about how deceiving wealth can be. It does nothing for the soul. Only you can give the soul what the security it craves. This world is a huge disappointment even for the greatest basketball star. Nothing lasts, except the soul. Thank you for saving my soul for all eternity and give me the faith and power to aim my keep my possessions toward blessing others instead of quadrupling blessings for myself. Amen.

Earthly greatness is a mist that vanishes as we pass into eternity.