Where Moth and Rust Destroy
[Note: This was printed in my local paper, the Antigo Daily Journal, July 16, 2021. Local clergy rotate in submitting articles on themes of their choice.] Some years ago I pulled out a favorite tie only to discover part of it destroyed by moths. It was a special gift from a friend’s trip to Ireland, a tie from the clan tartan of my Macauley descendants. That was the first time I really had something valuable to me affected by this tiny, destructive insect. As I get older I realize so much that I held to be important is not at all permanent. Every winter I watch part of my van eaten away by rust. Not all of the car, just one wheel well. But it bothers me. A process I can’t stop. Time claims all things. Nothing really lasts. Moths and rust – nature’s tools to break down and reclaim. Jesus reminded us of this in His Sermon on the Mount. He told us to be careful about what we accumulate as important. What we consider our “treasures.” He told us not to tr