Investing in Love

 

My husband and I often discuss how we should invest our money for the best security and return. We want to be good stewards of what God has entrusted to us. But here’s the catch, in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t matter if we invest in stocks or CDs or gold or we stick it under the mattress, it’s all going to disappear.

For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off, but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.  1 Peter 1: 24-25

What will endure? Love and God’s Word. Our greatest investment, financially or otherwise, is in each other. It’s in sharing God’s love with our neighbors both close and far away. All of our material possessions, all of our physical attributes, our flesh, will wither and fade away like the grass of the field. No matter how hard we try to secure an empire it is doomed to fall. But the word of the Lord endures forever.

When we were presented recently with an opportunity to contribute towards a hand cycle for a friend who has recently transitioned to a wheelchair and wants to continue an active, outdoor lifestyle, I knew that was the kind of investment that will last. Not the hand cycle, but the love that is shown.

Here’s the Thing: We are called to a lifestyle of love, investing in love. That’s the only investment that ultimately counts