Who says you can't take it with you?

"All that you find here, you will lose it"*

Those song lyrics prompted a discussion between the boys and myself the other day. I tried to explain why gaining "things" on this earth should not be our goal - because those things won't make it with us into eternity. (I also added that God does give us things to enjoy, but that getting more things should not be our goal in life.)

Today Joel and I were in the van when that song came on again. He piped up with, "Evan said that he is going to take his toys with him when he goes to heaven." I tried to explain that wouldn't be Evan's decision, and I think I finally convinced Joel. I think I might need to have another conversation with Joel, though.

* Here are the full song lyrics:
Free Me Up (by Downhere):
I'm giving up my electro TV things
'Cuz I don't ever need, no...
anything like that again
I'm livin' on the move and
I wanna drop these chains
Well you'd be surprised what you can leave behind
It keeps me looking upward

CHORUS

You free me up to live this life
far from any Earthly sense of home
There's a place where I belong
but there's nothing here I really own
I really own

Do you deem this to be extreme behavior?
A little bit too ideal
You call it young man's fever
But I've got my treasure stored beyond Heaven's gates
And you'd be surprised what lies behind them
It keeps me looking upward

You free me up live this life far from any Earthly sense of home
There's a place where I belong
but there's nothing here
But there's nothing here,
there's nothing here
No there's nothing here I really own
I really own

BRIDGE
All that you find here, you will lose it
All you find here, you will lose it
All you gain here on earth, you'll lose in the end
All you gain here on earth, you will lose it... Lose it