Lasting Possessions

Recently many businesses have suffered loss of property, inventory and possessions because of looters and rioters. I can’t imagine how hard it must be to see not only your life’s work destroyed, but also your means of making a living go up in flames. However, the writer of Hebrews does not want us to focus on what is lost, “Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions” (Hebrews 10:32-35 NIV).