Nothing should matter more to you than their eternal well-being. The part of them that should be dearest to you is the part that will never die. The world, with all its glory, will eventually fade away; the hills will disappear; the heavens will close up like a scroll; the sun will stop shining. But the spirit within those little ones you love so much will outlive everything else, and whether they experience happiness or misery (speaking from a human perspective) will depend on you.
