Dear Ones,
Happy weekend! Hope you have an enjoyable time. I plan to clean the apartment today and do food prep and spend more time reading a new book that Al is letting me read first.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
Recently we had two funerals in one week. It tends to focus us on what has eternal significance and to recognize other things more insignificant that try to get our attention. We all have to choose if we want a life of being rich towards God or seeking earthly glory. So much of what we hear today has to do with earthly pleasures, comfort and wealth rather than heavenly riches. But how much better to live a life that is based on loving and enjoying the Lord and serving others!

Too many times, our hearts are divided as we choose to pursue earthly glory. Jesus sought the will of His Father, saying in John 5:44, “How can you believe when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes only from God?” When we care more about what other people think than to do God’s will, we are seeking glory from man. But the thing about that is that man’s opinion of us can change from day to day. If we don’t do what they want us to do, or think the way they think, they may cancel us. We hear of more families that are divided just because they don’t agree on everything. How sad!

Whatever we seek in this worldly life is so inferior to what matters in light of eternity. The enemy likes to keep us focused on many things that distract us from the Lord. Teens especially may feel they have to have a certain look and need the right clothes to fit in. Adults may seek a prestigious job or luxury cars. But we can’t take anything with us when we die. I have never been to a funeral where they said the person dressed right or had a fancy car, but rather how they served and loved. Let us put our focus on the Lord, be rich toward Him and pursue what is lasting.

Challenge for today: Examine your goals and value those things that make for being rich with God.
Blessings on your weekend and prayers and love, Judy