You know what? It’s so so easy to get discouraged by criticism… or by the fog that loves to sit on top of Lookout… or by getting a low grade on a quiz. It’s easy to look at the downsides to life. You know what I mean?

Steve commented on my last post “Aimless.” He asked me if the fog or just being on top of a mountain discouraged or depressed me at all. I’m not going to lie, if I focused on that… it would depress me. It’s down right hard waking up to the sound of your alarm clock at 7:00 in the morning and having to walk up to class when it’s cold and foggy outside. But hey! Look at the bright side …at least I don’t have to wake up at 5:00. :)

But seriously, it’s really easy to focus on the downsides to everyday life. I’m guilty as anyone of doing that on a regular basis. But what good does it do? It doesn’t make me feel better… it doesn’t make the situation any better. In fact, it tends to make things worse.

I was sitting in church this past Sunday at Rock Creek Fellowship. It’s a smaller church on the back side of Lookout where i’ve been going since last semester. It had been a hard week. Classes were busy, and things were starting to pick up. Not to mention a whole array of other things that had been on my mind. As I was sitting there, Pastor Eric began to talk about storing up your treasures in Heaven and not on earth. 

Matthew 6:19-21, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Click to continue »