If you look at the magazines at a grocery store check-out, you would get an interesting perspective on our society--and the things that are compelling to people. You'd see beautiful supermodels, athletes, and actors. You'd read headlines about losing weight, looking younger and getting (or saving) more money.
I'm not saying those things are inherently bad...but there's nothing of eternal significance about predicting the next championship team or choosing the perfect spring wardrobe. Here's what today's passage had to say about focusing on material things:
So don't be impressed with those who get rich
and pile up fame and fortune.
They can't take it with them;
fame and fortune all get left behind.
Just when they think they've arrived
and folks praise them because they've made good,
They enter the family burial plot where they'll never see sunshine again.
We aren't immortal.
We don't last long.
This passage is a reminder to focus on the things that really matter...which aren't really things at all.
