Locks

Locks are interesting. They can keep people out and in. You can lock someone in their room. You can lock your house to keep people out (although the only people you are keeping out are the honest people, those who what to get in, will) and have some sory of peace of mind that you are actually protecting what is temporarily yours. I say temporarily because nothing we own here is eternal and it will be left or used up or donated or given away or broken or exhausted or worn out or whatever. What we have is temporary. Nothing, except our relationships and covenants, is eternal. The reason I am thinking about locks is that it is my turn to lock up the church and make sure it is secure. What I once did with my son, I now do with my last daughter. Locking up a church is interesting. Why do we do that? I know there are valuable things there but shouldn't people be trusted in a church? Have we sunk so far as a society that we can't trust ourselves to obey the simplest, most basic of rules and commandments: Not to steal? It's a sad commentary on when and where we live. I wonder if people 150 years ago had locks? What did they have to steal? I guess if you stole a gun or a horse, that would be extremely serious because my manner of protection, providing for my family and transportation would be gone. But did they have locks? Have we really progressed as a people/society? Just because we have more stuff we feel we have to protect it, are we any happier than those of bygone eras? I have lived in and witnessed utter poverty in other countries and I would posit that those who have little are much happier than those who have much. Are we so caught up in acquisition that we don't tend to that which is eternal: relationships and covenants? Are our covenants safe and secure or are they open to interpretation? Locks won't help there. It is our relationships and commitments to what is truly important to us. I think I will simplify one of these days. I don't know if I will ever leave my doors unlocked but I would like to decrease my temporary things and focus more on the eternal ones. Locks are two way. Which way are they for me?....