2 Things

1. I love books.

Reading, I could do it all day. Last night I went to a friend's house...and his dad sent me home with FOUR books. All awesome, Christian books. Isn't that a neat ministry? One of them his dad actually wrote. When I grow up, and have a library of my own I want to give away books. Give them away with the intent that the people continue to pass them along. Wouldn't that be great?

2. Tests, although very important, will one day be sent to the shredder.

At my job in the Education Department, I do a number of things. One of my tasks today was shredding old tests from a professor. To the shredding room I took probably over 1,000 tests and spent about fifteen minutes sending them all to their death. As I glanced through them, some from 2005 up to the present, I thought of all the hours of time, sweat, and study that the represented. A thousand students studying for their Education class final. Wow. And here I was destroying them...

Kinda makes me think about this life here on earth. All these possessions we as humans chase, all the fame and fortune we think we have to have, will one day be sent to the Shredder of all Shredders and burned up. Our good works will look like filthy rags.

Let this be a reminder for all of us to keep an eternal perspective.

Happy Easter!!