People are badly cheated in this world. They often imagine that gold, silver, houses, lands, and stocks are the real treasures. So, they toil for these things and gather them into their possession and pile up what they supposed to be wealth. Thus, they live like princes in their fine houses and call themselves rich.
But one day their supposed riches take to themselves wings and fly away like eagles to the skies. Or they may keep their wealth, perhaps, and die in the midst of it, and have a fine funeral. But then they find that they cannot carry a penny of it with them!
"How much did he leave?" was asked about a rich man who had recently died.
"He left all of it!" was the answer.
If men only knew that there are other things far more worth setting their eyes and hearts upon things which will never fly away, they would pass by these glittering unrealities, to lay hold of the true riches!
[J. R. Miller]
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Proverbs 23:5 ... Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 8:18-19 ... Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. ❤
