Fool’s Gold

We have all chased it. That glinting thing that caught our eye that deep down we knew would leave us hollow.

Perhaps a time you left a movie night with your mum early, to go be with friends. Friends that would fade away in time but the lost moment with someone you dearly loved and lost would burn forever.

Maybe it was years spent trying to make clients happy, or get ahead, at the expense of time and memories with your family.

Could have been a night out drinking, while a young family waited to spend time with you.

Possibly years spent chasing a woman that may or may not have loved you, but certainly not as you were. Deep down you always knew you were not what she wanted, no matter how much you wanted her.

Could be seeking strangers approval while taking the never ending loyalty of family for granted.

Were you caring about stupid and trivial grievances with a sibling rather than remember all the times they had your back?

How do we get it so wrong? How can we be so stupid. Correction. How did I get it so wrong? Why was I so stupid? what was missing inside me that made me look in all the wrong places to feel something? Speaking for myself, I know the answer. I refused to ask God to guide my life. I still struggle with this. The things that can fill you are closest to you. Embrace them. Love them, give to them. Ask them to forgive you. Look up and do all those things to the One who never stopped loving you, no matter how many times you chased fool’s gold.

A passage was read at church this past Sunday. I think it’s a heavenly precious metal detector:

 “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things”.

Boy does this fool ever have room for improvement.

If you read this far, thank you.

Tris.