We can leave them eternal treasures

But godliness with contentment is great gain. (1 Timothy 6:6)

 A man told me how a recent fire was the second time he had lost everything. A number of times this week I have heard the words “I’ve lost everything” or “All is lost.” That, of course, is according to how you look at earthly possessions. If the heart and soul are set upon earthly possessions, then when you lose them, all is lost.
 If there has been a misplaced attention—the emphasis in life on just things, home, possessions—then when the loss comes, the hurt and the tearing loose from such things you love is something terrific. The emphasis has been in the wrong place, on the temporal instead of the eternal.
 I heard Joey Brown sadly tell how his lovely home had burned to the ground, and with it his scores of trophies—almost 100 trophies burned also. He lost them all, and he prized them so highly because he wanted to leave them to his children and his grandchildren.
 But Joey can leave them a better heritage, and so can you and I—a better heritage than such trophies. We can leave them eternal treasures, instilling into them faith in God and confidence in the blessed book of God, and all the joys of real salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ, so they’ll be rich toward God and have a mansion in heaven. —V. B, Berg [1]

 The most beautiful people are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen. —Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926–2004)

[1] Anchor True Wealth