Litter

All over town you come across litter along the roads. People just discard their waste wherever they decide they want to. Now, I'm not an environmental activist, but really, dispose of your trash properly. That aside, I think people are as careless with their spiritual lives as they are with their natural things.

We discard relationships because something else seems better from a distance. We throw out a church because someone hurt our feelings. We throw away jobs because we decide we don't like it, then complain when we can't find work. We jump ship from our helps roles at the church because we don't feel valued.

It seems like in just about every area of our lives, we get spoiled to this way of thinking that another opportunity is right around the corner, and that we can just throw away what we've worked for and replace it. I guess it comes down to the fact that America is a prosperous nation and a land of opportunity.

While those things may be true, it is a foolish thing to discard what you have for the hope of something better. Whatever little thing you don't like about what you have is most certainly going to be the same in whatever you get to replace it. Or, something even worse.

Value relationships. Value people. Value your God-given assignment. These things are not replaceable. It will only end in pain for you if you throw what God has given you to the side of the road like a piece of garbage under the mistaken guise you could do better.

Keep the right perspective about people and roles in your life. You never know when you might be throwing away the very thing God has placed in your life to build your future.