Perspective and Stewardship

This week was full of words and advice from great leaders. There were a couple of things in particular that have caused me to reflect and ponder; the idea of correct perspective, and the idea that we don't own, only have stewardship over our assets.

Perspective, in my opinion has less to do with where you are standing and much more to do with where you are looking. Two people standing in nearly identical places and have entirely different perspectives on what was seen. The idea that eternal perspective is vital to our temporal happiness really struck a chord with me this week. The knowledge that the way I perceive the world is correct and that these perceptions will hold true for eternity brings me a real sense of peace.

The topics we read from the BYU Finance department were great, particularly the view of the material things we are blessed with. Pulling in the principle of perspective, it becomes much easier to utilize our material wealth for good when we realize that we do not own it, it belongs to God, and that he has simple given us stewardship over these resources. Then, looking into the future when we will stand before God, he will ask us how our stewardship performed under our direction; how we used the resources that were given to us. I think it is much easier for me to look for ways to bless others with by blessings when I see those blessings for what they really are. God gave them to me, so why not share them with others?