Sharing: Do not keep your treasures on Earth.
September 12th 2008 09:04
I just got a phone call from my brother. He sounded he had nose-block and I thought he had a flu. But it was worse than flu (to him); his notebook was just stolen straight from his car while he went to a shop to get some food.
It was just only about 10 minutes difference, when he paid for his food and returned to the car, finding that his back passenger door wasn’t closed tightly and his driver side’s door was jammed (as it functions as central locking). He saw his seats were ransacked and his notebook back was missing… along with his passport that was left inside as he just returned from offshore by flight.
The worse part was he took his external drive (also backup drive) to offshore as well and that one and only backup was in the notebook bag… so you can see it is a triple slap to my brother as he lost so much valuable things in just 10 minutes!
As he was telling me this in great sorrow, this has reminded me a very crucial scripture that I sometimes forgot:
"Don't hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or—worse! — stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it's safe from moth and rust and burglars. It's obvious, isn't it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being. (Matthew 6:19-21 The Message)
How true it is, when you know most things you own right now, is something that:
(a) Bog you down with worries (depending on the value)
(c) You can’t bring them with you when you die
Therefore the lesson I get to learn today is:
(1) Try only to own something that you consistently need.
(2) Be ready to loose something useful of valuable of your own any time… especially portable electronic items.
(3) Computer users – backup!
(4) Never EVER keep your work and your backup in the same place…
(5) Last but not least – remember Matthew 16:19–21…
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