For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. 1 Timothy 6:7,8,19
There is a song about a funeral whereas the hearse is driving to the funeral and behind the hearse is a U-Haul trailer. The song goes on that you cannot pull a U-Haul behind a hearse and take it with you.
There is also this joke where the husband tells his wife that he had his will made up in preparation of his death. In his will he states that when he dies all the money he has in the bank is to be buried with him. "By golly", he says, "I have earned that money and I am going to take it with me!" When he died, his wife came to his casket, opened up her purse and with a smile wrote him a check and laid it in the casket.
In the summer time my wife and I will go to estate sales and it's always kind of sad for me as I peruse other people things. I know that in most cases the person's house that I am walking through has already passed away and their children are getting rid of the stuff. There are a lot of things that people will collect over the years, that were valuable to them, but now they are selling for a dollar or 50 cents. Someday my kids are going to be selling my stuff. Oh, they may keep a few mementos, but most of the stuff will be sold to other people.
When we came into this world we brought nothing with us, but the body and soul that God gave us. When we leave this world we're not taking anything back with us, but our soul. None of our things can go with us and that's why God says we are to be content with the food and clothing that we have. We need to make a good foundation of the things that matter in heaven, a foundation that will allow us into heaven for an eternal life. We shouldn't always collect earthly things, but collect heavenly things that can never be sold.
A good foundation of Godly things will stand against time and hold for eternity.
Reading Thru The Bible
1 Timothy 4-6
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