Matthew 6:19-21
The Important Things of Life - The Eternities of the Treasures of Heaven
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Can you embrace a new paradigm?...
The way man thinks is different from the Way Jesus lived and taught...Man thinks success and treasures are material things...Jesus says the treasures are in heaven...This makes life a paradox if you believe in Jesus and try to follow Him and then knowing all that goes on around us on earth...But there is beauty in this Divine Paradox...
Reverend Nanette Sawyer wrote, “There is a beauty in paradox when it comes to talking about things of ultimate concern...Paradox works against our tendency to stay superficial in our faith, or to rest on easy answers or categorical thinking...It breaks apart our categories by showing the inadequacy of them and by pointing to a reality larger than us, the reality of gloria, of light, of beyond-the-beyond...I like to call it paradoxology—the glory of paradox, paradox-doxology—which takes us somewhere we wouldn’t be capable of going if we thought we had everything all wrapped up, if we thought we had attained full comprehension...The commitment to embracing the paradox and resisting the impulse to categorize people (ourselves included) is one of the ways we follow Jesus into that larger mysterious reality of light and love.”...