Heaven-bent

Sometimes the best way to give is through something we’ve never had

By relinquishing personal ‘druthers’ for the benefit of others

Let’s spend today giving away in copious amounts

The best we have of do and say for that’s what really counts

Let’s give; the only thing that we can keep of dust-to-dust

In treasure stored beyond this world where it will never rust

For all we have and hold of gold and silver cannot save

The soul when it succeeds the body tendered to the grave

Let’s make the most of moments, not by what we hoard and heap

But by giving away the only thing that we can keep

For if we invest only in the things that we can see
What will we do then, when we step into eternity?

© Janet Martin

 No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other,
or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.
You cannot serve both God and money.
Matt.6:24

 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Mark 3:36

 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, 

where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, 

where moth and rust do not destroy,

 and where thieves do not break in and steal. 

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 

Matt.6:19-21