Where your treasure is, your heart will be also

Our daughter likes to fill up little bags and boxes with her "treasures" - all those cheap give-away toys that Mom would rather just toss.

I just hope that we are also giving her the treasures to store up "in heaven, where neither most not rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal." (Matthew 6:19-21) As Jesus tells us, "Where your treasure is, your heart will be also."

One reason I try to take care of my spirit is so that I can be a model to our children. I can't drive myself crazy getting them everything they want, because I don't want to teach them to neglect their own connection to God and chase after approval and material things instead.

Greg Brown sings, "Children they don't need a lot of stuff/
Children sure do need a lot of love...
If they don't get it at home they're going to go looking."

Will our children's hearts be with God, full of joy and trust? Or will they be left searching for their treasure out in the world, where it can never be found?