In mining country one comes, across a valueless substance that is so like gold ore that inexperienced people cannot always tell the difference. This is called Fool’s Gold, and many a young prospector has wasted much time and hard work before discovering that he has been deceived by the spurious article. Old timers used to say to the tenderfoot: “When you think you have found gold you probably have not; but when you do find it, you will know it for certain.”
So it is with the prospectors on the mountain range that we call life. There are many kinds of fools’ gold to be found, but when you meet the genuine article you will have no doubt in your mind. The true gold will give you a sense of peace and poise, a sense of freedom and power because you will no longer be in bondage to passing material things. It will set you free from much of the tyranny of time and space beliefs. The True gold is that sense of the Presence of God with us, to obtain which is the object of this life.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights… (James1: 17).
In all that we seek, peace is the true object for which we search. Peace will not be found in that new car, dress or gadget. It will not be found in status, wealth or power. And it will not be found in selfishness, pride, ego or vanity. We may find many forms of fool’s gold in such pursuits, but the true object of our search will elude us in these exercises.
For it is peace that is at the heart of our desires. Peace will flow abundantly to those who overcome vanity, pride and ego. It will radiate from selflessness, concern for others and serving, and it will sprout profusely in the garden that is planted with humility, grace and giving. In that garden lies all true wealth, the peace that shines brighter than any gold.
Mining for peace,
Z gardener
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