It is often forgotten that this life is but short and uncertain. We come into this world and then we go out again. I have worked my current job for seven years, and for the first five years I enjoyed talking to one of the other workers, Mary, while she waited for her ride to pick her up after work. Mary died two days ago. Mary came into this world, brought joy to many lives and now has left this world.
Life is short.
While we live, we have various possessions and property, but when we die these things go to someone else and are useless to us. What we need is that which will help us in our passage to heaven. I would like to suggest that what will aid us in our journey to heaven is not the possessions we have but rather the clean conscience that we have used our possessions in a manner that is pleasing to God. Let it be to us a promise and not a threat. To know contentment is to know that the things of this earth are passing and that we must put our trust in the lasting things of eternity.