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    It is weird looking back through old photos. Here is one that stuck out to me. It is from freshman year. We (Campus Crusade for Christ) went to New Orleans during spring break to help with all the damage down there. If the picture isn't big enough, that is a house that was picked up and slammed onto an iron fence. Someone's life changed because of that storm. Their home was destroyed and it was terrible.
    In all of this it brings up the question of what we put our hope in. Do we put it in our things? Do we put it in our houses and insurance and all that stuff to keep us safe and protect us for the time being? Do we put it in relationships with other people (romantic and friendly)? It is good to enjoy the blessings that God gives us, but these things won't be around forever. Our hope should never be in that stuff to sustain us, or even to satisfy us. It's going to be gone one day. We should put our hope in something that is everlasting. We should store our treasures in heaven, not on Earth.
    What does that mean? I don't really know. So if you do let me in on that knowledge. But I know that I can't treasure things here or my heart will be here. There is a work where we will get our reward in heaven. That work is bringing the kingdom of God to Earth. We, as Christians, need to (are told to) proclaim it to the world. The kingdom of God is the realm where everything is as God intended it to be, and it will eventually come to this Earth, and we are here to help usher it in. We are called to help the widows, the orphans, and the marginalized people that society rejects. We work in love, justice, mercy and truth. Those are the banners we need to be carrying into the cities in which we live. Being a Christian isn't about just your own guarantee of heaven, our life goal is changed from selfish ambitions to selfless living. Are we up to the call? We need to be.