Shatzie - My Treasure My Love

Shatzie - My Treasure My Love

Many of you know that my mom is German. My dad was a staff car driver in the Army and drove all over Germany where He met my mother. After getting married there, they came back to the US and eventually moved to Garland. That’s how I got here! Growing up I would hear my parents call each other “Shatzie.” Hey Shatzie, let’s go to the store! Shatzie, what time is it? One day, I asked what “Shatzie” meant and my dad told me that the German word Shatz means “Treasure”! Imagine that! They called each other their treasure all the time. I don’t know if the rest of you had parents that loved each other so much and were such great examples, but I’m certainly blessed to have parents that were such love birds! I wish every family could have that blessing! This world would probably be a better place if people’s parents showed that healthy true love to each other!

For my first car, I had a yellow ‘65 mustang that was first my dad’s then my sister’s then my brother’s then was handed down to me. By the time I got it, it barely would keep running, so I spent a lot of time fixing it up and maintaining it! I just loved that car! It was cool looking! Then one day, I parked it but left it running, and then turned around and the car was gone! It somehow shifted itself into reverse which was a mechanical flaw of the car, and it went down the street and hit a tree! If it would have missed the tree it would have gone into a pool so I guess I’m glad it didn’t do that at least. But because of that incident, the car could no longer be driven. My dad ended up selling the car for next to nothing to get rid of it. But that WAS my treasure and it was gone! I still think about that car (as can be seen by this story).

I remember one day we got a call that we just couldn’t believe. It was when we found out my Brother had died. I remember watching my mom and dad ball like babies! I balled like a baby. That was not easy, that was super tough to go through! At times I felt I couldn’t live without my brother! I remember for at least a couple of years, there were several things that would trigger us to tears when we thought about him and I had to be careful what to say around my parents or we might fall into that trap. I still tear up when I think about my brother. He was a bright light in our family and is sorely missed.

But you know, things are things, but people are a real treasure! If anyone has lost anyone close to them, you know how it feels. I don’t believe I shed a tear for that lost mustang. Sure I was disappointed when my mustang was lost, but when my brother passed away, it was a totally different feeling! A true treasure had been lost! You can know what a person’s treasure is. Whatever they are into, where their heart is.

Matthew 6:21

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

There is of course a certain person that is a treasure to me. I met her at church and we hung out a lot. I had my eye on her and I was hoping she had her eye on me. One day we had a church lock-in which. You get a bunch of kids, you give them pizza and cokes and you lock them in the church overnight. That seems like a dangerous thing to do! Some kids had already laid down and were starting to go to sleep. But we ran out of drinks so another guy and I were going to go to the store to get some more and then out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that one girl who was seemingly already asleep, when she found out we were going to the store, hopped up and wanted to go with us! At that moment I knew she wanted to be wherever I was and it was a really good feeling because I wanted to be wherever she was. We’ve been together ever since! She is my Shatzie!

Of course so far what I’ve talked about is mostly of this world, but we know our Father in Heaven considered us the apple of His eye (His Shatzie).

Psalm 17:7-9 We are the Apple of His eye!

7 Show me the wonders of your great love,

you who save by your right hand