The Game

by Kay Heitsch

I heard a story about the game Monopoly. I remembered playing the game many times in my life. Sometimes it was fun, and sometimes it was not. Very much like life! It's not always fun!

We all gather around the table and set the board up. Someone is the banker, and they hand out the money. As the game goes on, we can buy and sell a property. It's a great feeling to own Boardwalk, Park Place, and trade in those tiny green houses for red hotels. Since the hotels were red, you know that's what I wanted.

As the game goes on, it's fun if you're the one buying the red hotels and winning the game. But the round comes to an end at some point. It isn't very long, and it's time to put the game away. The game ends, and it all goes back in the box.

How true that is in life. It doesn't really matter how much stuff we accumulate in life because, in the end, it all goes back into the box. Life is much more than property. We have no idea when the game will end. It may be today for all we know.

I've learned a few things over the years. I know it's not stuffed, I'll take with me when the game of life is over. These three things will last forever--faith, hope, and love--and the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13