I read in the papers that the owner of a small original by Van Gogh had put the painting on the auction block in New York hoping it would bring twelve millions dollars. When the highest bid climbed only to eight million, the owner withdraw the painting. Van Gogh would probably drop dead again if he were alive to see such a thing.
Some people call a million-dollar painting, a Mercedez-Benz, or a dress with a price tag of over six hundred dollars an investment. But I say:
If you can't pack it into your luggage when you step into the other side of eternity, please don't call it a lasting treasure.
Now I'm not poking fun at your great-grandmother's silver service that has been handed down in your family over the years. I'm just asking for a little perspective here. Because consider this Every morning you are handed twenty-fours free of charge. If you had all the money in the world, you could not purchase a single extra hour. So what will you do with this priceless possession? You must use it. And don't forget: once it is wasted, you can't get it back.
One day Van Gogh painting will peel and crack. The resale value on that Mercedes- Benz will only be a couple hundred dollars. Even silver and gold will perish. So. . .
Build your eternal investment. Pray for an unsaved neighbor. Visit a nursing home. Ask forgiveness from someone you've offended. Such things can never be auctioned away!
"If for one whole day, quietly and determinedly, we were to
give ourselves up to the ownership of znesus and to obeying
His orders, we should be amazed at its close to realize all He
had packed into one day."'---Oswald Chambers
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