The Pinecone
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March 2014
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f r om Don J oh n s on , K i r b y P i n e s Chap l a i n
Chaplain’s COrner
March
Vesper Serv ices
Life’s True Value
March 6th
Dave Phillips
Germantown Church of Christ
March 13th
Rev. Jeff Findlay
First Evangelical
March 20th
Rev. Michael Pence
St. Luke United Methodist Church
March 27th
Rev. Sandy Webb
Church of Holy Communion
A recent declaration,
“
What difference does
it make?” jumps to
the forefront when it’s
considered in light of
known facts. It does
make a difference!
Many
times
people
bring
items to Antique
Roadshow
events
that may have long lain
in someone’s attic. They may have
purchased something at a discount store
or been left it by a now departed and
distant relative. The gift, whatever the
price paid for it, is discovered to have a
value that skyrockets above whatever it
may have cost.
All of this is true not only of outward
objects but also of inward qualities of
character and belief.
A great minister said, “What is the
value of a thing but the price it will
bring in eternity.” Those around us may
laugh and scoff. They hold what we
have or do in contempt. It does not ring
up in the register of today’s important
issues and schemes. But what’s going
to really count a hundred, or a thousand,
or a million years from now? In eternity
what’s going to be important? What’s
going to retain true value.
Philippians 4:8 gives us good focus:
“
Finally…whatever things are true,
whatever things are noble, whatever
things are just, whatever things are pure,
whatever things are lovely, whatever
things are of good report, if there is
any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy—meditate
on
these
things.” And we must never forget the
Lord’s words, “For what will it profit a
Ruth Graham, Billy Graham’s
beloved wife, told an intriguing story.
“
Someone just paid a million and a
half dollars for a ruined violin that
can’t be played. Its value isn’t in its
musical quality but in its history, for it
was played the last time in April 1912
by a doomed musician named Wallace
Hartley aboard the Titanic. Hartley and
his fellow musicians reportedly played
‘
Nearer, My God, to Thee’ as the vessel
slipped beneath the icy
NorthAtlantic. Hartley’s
body was recovered ten
days later with his violin
strapped to him.”
-
Ruth Graham,
In Every Pew Sits
a Broken Heart
The price of something
may varywidely. It’s valuemay become
bigger than life. The value of the ruined
violin jumped dramatically when it was
seen from its historical perspective.
At times we may have something or
do something that usually would be
overlooked or counted unimportant.
But when our possessions or actions
are accurately understood, everything
can change, and usually does.
man if he gains the whole world, and
loses his own soul.” Mark 8:36
Adrian Rogers declared, “True
riches are what you have when you add
up everything that money can’t buy and
death can’t take away.” Those who
think they are rich may be poor. Those
who think they are poor may be rich
beyond all measure. How does that add
up in your life and mine today?
Till next time,
Don Johnson, Kirby Pines Chaplain
