"What's it worth to ya?"

  After all the auxiliary family had left the house today, I found a quarter lying in the middle of the floor. At least 15 to 16 people had walked right over it at some point today but they either didn't see it, or didn't regard it as significant. How does that happen? Any other time, folks would be happy to see one quarter of a dollar, but today it was of little value, let alone worth bending over to get. I am reminded of a fellow I knew a few years ago who said that he knew he was getting too heavy when he wouldn't bend over to pick up anything under a fifty cent piece.
  How is it that our valuation of things can vacillate so widely? We know that certain things have an intrinsic worth above what humans can assign. In opposition to this, we understand that many material possessions in the world change value based upon the opinion of certain individuals or groups of people. Millions of dollars of currency change hands every day based on these types of changes. Attention is drawn to one commodity or another based upon swings in this type of valuation. Human thinking is always to put such changes to advantage(think Warren Buffet).
  In the realm of the Spiritual, we know intellectually that this phenomenon does not hold true. The eternal values of God's word don't change, but because of our limited capacity to maintain a set way of thinking, our opinion of these things does change. Different things appear in our mind's eye which distract, blur and deceive us about the eternal values we should constantly be mindful about. Emotions drive the commodity markets, but this should not be the motivator behind our Spiritual decision making about value and worthiness. What else moves human values but shouldn't influence Spiritual values? Time, availability, sudden changes (in any one of multiple factors), and persuasive arguments all can move human ideas of value. This is a clue to how we can be influenced to minimize the eternal because of the screaming immediate.
  So, what is your Christian walk worth to you? Take the necessary steps to insure a "calm market" without spikes of valuation(read that as priority) which cause instability. Ground your thinking in God's word. "Isa. 55:8~11"