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I'm writing this editorial while in Alaska, where two days ago a man showed me photos of some of the huge nuggets of gold unearthed here. One of these rocks, we joked, would ease our financial pain for a long time!
Thousands of prospectors are no longer flocking to Alaska, as they did in the gold rush days. But today, as throughout history, nearly everyone has been fervently searching for something even more precious.
We express it in many different ways, but we all know what it is. In the early 1970s, for instance, we related to singer Neil Young's pop ballad in which he used the metaphor of one seeking for this treasure-that of being deeply in love. "I've been a miner for a heart of gold," he sang.
Those finding their "heart of gold" hold riches in their hands. The love found in a great marriage and family life contains some of the greatest treasures we can ever experience--affection, support, fun, comfort, friendship, happiness, contentment. Those bonds profoundly mold our lives, sculpting how we think and what we become. And they deeply impact our children and succeeding generations.
But more and more people fail to strike it rich. Many sadly identify with Young's lyrics describing how this craving for such a relationship "keeps me searching for a heart of gold, and I'm getting old."
King Solomon understood this thousands of years ago. Although incredibly wealthy, he felt the futility of growing old and missing life's greatest treasures. Proverbs and Ecclesiastes contain his comments about family contentions and the longing for a joyful marriage relationship (Proverbs 21:9,19; Ecclesiastes 7:26-28; 9:9).
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