Storing Up Good Treasures

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said to his disciples: "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be." (Mt 6: 19-21). So much for the multiplication of storage facilities that keep popping up all over the place. We are a people who "like our things", amass them, and pay to store them. We have so much, we don't even know what we have, nor do we have time even to look at them, let alone use them. These words of Jesus surely apply to us! Can we at least set some priorities as to what we want to "store" permanently, such as our love for others, our good deeds...those little quiet things we do to keep peace, or to allow the family to run smoothly? Can we even add to these kinds of treasures today by stepping out to help someone, or contact someone we haven't spoken to for a long time? Can we add time to our prayer, and deepen our friendship with Jesus? Can we tell Jesus how much we treasure his love and friendship...and his infinite forgiveness? These are the good treasures; let's put them on top!