Treasures in Heaven

Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV)
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

I have read this scripture before. It was not until we went back to our home in Virginia to find it flooded. The hot water pipe busted and our home felt like a sauna. The ceiling fans were drooping down and mold was growing on our furniture. We lost pretty much all of our furniture, TVs, clothing, bedding, personal pictures, and belongings that can never be replaced. We had only been in this home for a month. The house was such a mess, and our child(John 4yrs and Noelani 2yrs) looking around and not understanding why at first they could not come in the house. We had to get the power off to the house and the basement was a foot deep in water. WOW.......that was a shocker. I started cleaning up the next day, and trying to hang onto everything that I could. The next day, my husband told me you can't take that or this, and that was hard. All that I could think about was how hard we worked to have what we had, and how hard it was going to replace all of those things, because of our finances. No mattresses, no bedding, no living room furniture, nothing that we needed to set up a house again. Then, I started thinking that well what is God wanting me to learn from this? To not hold so much value to those material things, that I need to place more value in the Word of God, and to have faith. I need to have faith that God will provide for our needs. HE ALWAYS HAS!!! When it is time to move into a new home, He will provide what we need when we need it. So, I did the hardest thing...............................I walked away...................and left those material things there. We saved what we could and put the rest in storage. I am ready for the next adventure in our life that God is preparing us for...................

When the flood waters come and the storms come crashing in, how do we stand the water? It is really not about he storm, its how we react to the storms, our hearts and our attitudes. I could sit and mope about the lose or I can keep on rejoicing the Lord and know that he will provide ten fold what we lost, if that is HIS will for our family.