I read this during my morning devotion today. This is the perspective I want for myself, my family, and my church. I believe it would provide the great mental, emotional, and spiritual health, if we could possess this perspective at all times.
"But Christians make their evaluations in the light of eternity. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever” (2:17). Pity the person whose self-identity and hope rest on transient things. Ten billion years into eternity, it will seem a little daft to puff yourself up over the car you now drive, the amount of money or education you have received, the number of books you owned, the number of times you had your name in the headlines. Whether or not you have won an Academy Award will then prove less important than whether or not you have been true to your spouse. Whether or not you were a basketball star will be less significant than how much of your wealth you generously gave away. The one “who does the will of God lives forever” (1 John 2:17). D. A. Carson, For the Love of God : A Daily Companion for Discovering the Riches of God's Word. Volume 1, December 3.
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