Where Is Your Treasure?

“Raindrops on roses,

And whiskers on kittens,

Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens,

Brown paper packages tied up with strings,

These are a few of my favorite things.“

Julie Andrews sang this iconic song, written by Rodgers and Hamerstein called, “My Favorite Things”.  As the arts and humanities tend to do, they focus on simple things.  It is not that they are simple. They are not. Society relegates them to places of simplicity, but the the poet in us focusses on the benefits of simple things.  They particularly inspire us when the dog bites, the bee stings and we feel sad.  Julie Andrew’s favorite things include raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, and silver-white winters that melt into spring, and I get it.  Boy! Do I get it!

If we store up simple things in our hearts, we will never be without inspirational resources.  The beautiful poetry that God placed in simple things inspires the poet in us. It is enabling because it enables us to appreciate and treasure simple things. Therefore, it becomes question of where our treasure is because the heart resides in the same place as the treasure. So I ask, “Where is your treasure?”

It was after telling us not to lay up treasures on earth that get stolen, lost and decayed, that Jesus said:

“for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

It is helpful to appreciate this even more when we consider the history that this musical depicts. Fore, it seems that Julie Andrews played a real life character named, Maria. Maria was a governess for the Von Trapp family who lived in Austria. They faced life and death and they fled the Nazi occupation, just before World War II. It was over the mountains that she fled, where she found much of her inspiration. When little else was available she found them in raindrops on roses.

Like Maria, I have a list of favorite things. One of them is the Word of God.  I do not dig deeply into it every day, but I do think about it every day and it gets me through some tough moments.  Also, among the list of my favorite things is my family.  And if anyone reads my writings long enough, they will quickly detect that one of my favorite things is thoughts of West Virginia.  Yes. It has changed a lot, however, I still have my memories and I still love it.  

I will close this TfTD with a simple suggestion to my readers.  It is not hard to do. Make a simple call to someone you know. Keep it simple. Tell them how you appreciate them.  It will mean a lot to them, especially when the dog bites and the bee stings.  God bless.