Where our Treasure Will be Found

 

 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. 

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

                                                             Matthew 6:19-21

Yesterday was the start of Step 3 of opening various aspects of the provincial economy and public services, including more relaxed rules regarding worship. 

We drove back into Belleville from a pleasant raspberry picking foray and ended up passing the casino. We had forgotten that it was reopening day but the packed parking lot let us know that "gaming" and inexpensive lunches were back. 

I can't imagine that people will be thronging to church tomorrow to express their gratitude for resumption of a more normal life, whatever that will look like in the months ahead. If I were a betting man (I'm not ) my sense is that many congregations will wait until the Fall to reopen, although tomorrow will be week five for in-person worship at our home church, which is Trenton United.

In the seconds it took to roll past the "Shorelines" casino (none of the three is anywhere near a shoreline) I thought about our priorities as a society. Jesus spoke about our relationship with moolah more than just about anything else, but we tend to ignore this. The early church paid attention to what he said...for a while. 

 I suppose we'll just roll the dice and see what comes next.