What Do You Treasure?
Do you have old shirts? Like twenty-five year old shirts? We do. We tend to keep shirts around our house forever, especially thin, holey t-shirts. I have one from my 8th grade Allen Middle School music concert, and my husband, Bryce, has one from 1984 when he saw his first live concert - Crosby, Stills and Nash. We love beat up, old, soft clothes.
This is our Flurie family photo from 1994. See that big guy in the middle with the yellow chamois shirt? That’s my father-in-law, Bud. He was a mountain of a man with a kind heart who was proud of his family and loved spending time in the woods and on the golf course.
We still have that yellow chamois shirt he is wearing. In fact, we treasure it.
In the Bible, Matthew 6 gives us perspective on how we should view our possessions. We need to ask ourselves where we see value and why.
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. - Matthew 6:19-21
With this direction from Jesus in Matthew’s Gospel, how can we treasure a material object like a shirt?
Here’s how. Our daughter now wears her grandfather’s yellow chamois shirt. She never met him. He passed away three years before she was born. The shirt is way too big for her and means nothing in itself, but we treasure the shirt for what it brings when we see her wear it. We remember Bud’s kindness. We remember how he led his family. We remember how he loved his wife and we remember the impact he had on our walk with God. So, yeah, we treasure that yellow chamois shirt. Our lives would be a little more empty without it.
Sometimes we need to take a little break and observe our own life and values. Have we purposefully chosen what to value? I’d encourage you to join me in taking some time this week to discover what you treasure. Is it leading your heart in the right direction
Searching for wisdom and asking for grace,
Jody Flurie
Jody Flurie is the Founder and Owner of Red Dirt Legacy Co. where family legacy stories are celebrated through each Little Legacy Film Series - a series of short videos that can be easily shared to keep children and grandparents connected by what matters most for each family.
Jody believes all kids, young and old, need to understand where they came from and why it matters. Everyday, she works hard to instill this in her family because it’s only through understanding who we are that we can be fully ourselves and make a true indelible mark on the world.
If you want the same thing that Jody wants for her family, visit reddirtlegacyco.com to find out how your family can celebrate the wisdom, love, and legacy of an earlier generation. If we don’t step up to bring hope to our families, who will?