Temporal or Eternal

I forget how fast life can pass you by.Why do we worry more about monetary things than relationships?How can we get so caught up in our own lives that we forget about others around us and around the world?.I've been thinking alot today about my childhood friendships and I've lost touch with alot of those people and they only live a few minutes down the road from me! i can make the excuse that I'm busy with Chris and the boys but shouldn't I really take time out of my schedule to spend time with others.And not just my regular friends and family i see on a normal basis.That's one of the things i love about the Hawaiian culture. They care more about relationships than having a great job and making alot of money.They make time for their family and friends.When we visited Molokai the church and another family made all different kinds of food for us. Those people sacrificed something to make us that meal. Most of them really couldn't afford to do that. But that was their way of showing love and gratitude.Why have we lost sight of that? They don't rush to get somewhere, they don't worry about time they just make time for others.We get up go to work and work our life away and why?Just to have stuff. Think about how ridiculous that sounds. We work just so we can spend it.What if we worked to help others? What if we went without less stuff and gave more of God's money to help someone else? Our Pastor said something that caught my attention this morning.We need to examine ourselves and see how were spending our time.Is it on temporal things or are we spending time making a difference eternally.This world will not be here one day.But there are people who need our love and need us to show them God's love.That is what really matters.So maybe you can do as I am today.Examining myself to see if I am making a difference in other peoples lives.God has really been working on me this week. And I'm starting to see how selfish I have been.I guess I'm just realizing I don't really want the life I thought I did before.The "American Dream".