Jesus said we must lay up treasures for ourselves in heaven. Every time we do something kind for somebody, or give to somebody, we are making a deposit in our heavenly bank account. Recently I got cynical when a man came to the door with a sob story about how he was mistreated in his own country and by our police because he was an illegal immigrant. My husband gave him a suit so he could go to a job interview.
Unfortunately for him he also went and gave a different sob story to my friend down the road. He told her that he had been given a suit and had sold it. He was just conning us.
But it occurred to me, if I do somebody kind and he takes advantage of me, if he makes a fool of me because I believed his story, what's happened to my treasure in heaven? It's still there. I may look a gullible fool on earth, but my investment in eternity has not diminished.
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