The Jewels In The Bag

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

An ancient fable tells of three merchants who were crossing a desert. One dark, moonless night they came to the bed of a dried up creek. There they heard a voice tell them to "gather stones and travel as far away as possible from there; in light of morning, they would be both happy and sad." So they obeyed the voice and when morning came, they opened their bags to see the stones they had gathered at the creek were not stones, but precious jewels. They were glad with what they gathered, but as the voice had also said, they were sad - sad they had not gathered more. So it is in this life. The voice of God tells us to use and give everything we have on earth for God, and we will have treasures in heaven. We don't see those treasures yet, but we will. So be wise. Give and use everything you have in this life for the purposes and glory of God, and you will store up for yourself great treasures, and you will have only gladness, and no sorrow in the morning light. rn

From Message #1198 - Rooms of Treasures