Do not Love the world

 (Today Jill and I celebrate 62 years of marriage. We thank the Lord for each other and our blessed marriage.)

Do not love the world or what is in the world. If anyone does love the world, the love of the Father finds no place in him, because everything there is in the world—disordered bodily desires, disordered desires of the eyes, pride in possession—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world, with all its disordered desires, is passing away. But whoever does the will of God remains for ever. 

1 John 2:15–17

The New Jerusalem Bible (New York: Doubleday, 1985)

If you will go to the banks of a little stream, and watch the flies that come to bathe in it, you will notice that, while they plunge their bodies into the water, they keep their wings high out of the water; and, after swimming about a little while, they fly away with their wings unwet through the sunny air. Now, that is the lesson for us. Here we are immersed in the cares and business of the world; but let us keep the wings of our soul, our faith and our love, out of the world, that, with these unclogged, we may be ready to take our flight to Heaven.

J. Inglis

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

What is it that draws people to the pleasures of the world and all of its distractions? Is it worth the loss of Eternity? Surely the temporary pleasures are a respite from the toils of everyday life as long as the focus does not come away from the walk with the Lord. It is not good to long only for the excitement and thrill of the world forgetting the eternal soul within us. The world would rob us of the eternal life with the Lord in any way it can. Be ever prayerful and contemplative and wary of the distractions of this world. Heaven is where we long to go, and belong, when the new earth and Jerusalem are brought into existence.

May the good Lord bless and keep you safe.

Remember to "Always Love The Details."