“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Words will never pass away.”      Matthew 24:35

“And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, Whom Thou hast sent.”    John 17:3

“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness;  but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”     I John 1:9

“While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen:  for the things which are seen are temporal:  but the things which are not seen are eternal.”   II Corinthians 4:18

I have written this before, but it is still true.  One of my favorite quotations from Laura Ingalls Wilder

“The real things haven’t changed.  It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.”    Laura Ingalls Wilder

“The Cathedral in Milan greets the visitor with some deep and self-examining philosophy.  There are three inscriptions on the arches over the triple doorway.

One is a beautifully carved wreath of roses, and beneath it is the notable pronouncement.  “All that pleases is but for a moment.”

Another is a sculptured cross and these encouraging words are below.  “All that troubles is but for a moment.”

But the main central entrance has beneath it this masterpiece in priorities.  “That only is important which is eternal.”

Pleasures are fleeting, troubles are momentary, and man who knows both is soon ridden away on the pale horse.  Everything in the earth shall bow to death and pass away.  Nothing material can withstand the ravages of time.  Even the earth itself “shall pass away with a great noise and the elements shall melt with fervent heat.”

But God shall keep on living.  He is from everlasting to everlasting.  His Word shall never pass away.  It has been maliciously sentenced to death by foolish man, but it is indestructible.  And the spirit of man lives on and on Things eternal!

So, what are the major values?  The answer is simple:  Only the invisible things that defy time and answer not to death’s call.  They – and they only – can be considered the most important.”      ~ Leroy Brownlow

“The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree:  he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.”   Psalms 92:12

Eileen Light

“Important Values”