"Currency"?

So if you follow my dad's blog, you may have read his post on "relationships being the currency of the kingdom." Here's the link to his blog...

Well, recently, I was reading some comments on a message that had been given at a women's meeting at that particular organization. I chose not to listen to the message, so I'm going to say outright that maybe I just don't fully understand the meaning behind the statement "Relationships are the currency of the kingdom." 

But, with that said, the statement taken at face value is a sad reflection on churches in America today.  And maybe people should think of that before they go and advertise it as some deep and beautiful new catch phrase.

Currency= money.  Money is used to get something a person wants or needs.  My money is thrown into my purse in a rush.  It gets shoved into pockets and run through the washer.  People write all over it.  Its really not something that is treated with care.  Unless of course you got a stack of Benny's.  hmmm.

So why would anyone want to be "currency"?  Why would that be a way to describe a human being, unique and created in God's image?  Why are people falling for this left and right, like its some great new way to look at the Kingdom of God?!  Are people truly that blind and deceived? Sadly, I think many are.

 I wonder what Jesus would do if He saw this new breed of money changers selling their services in the temple courts. Preying on broken and lost people.  Making them feel accepted and valued, only to be focusing on the bottom dollar and building relationships with selfish intentions.

So what should the currency of the Kingdom be?  What should we be giving in exchange to those around us? Probably nothing, but if there was going to be anything, I think it would be love, service, and support for the broken.  Shouldn't we be giving our time, our [unconditional] love for those around, regardless of $$ or personal issues?  Shouldn't we be serving our communities expecting nothing in return?   Shouldn't be about touching people's lives in a deep and life changing way?  Wouldn't those things make us "rich" in the true sense of the word?  Or are we just building as many relationships, with no regard to the depth of them? 

basically, if my cell phone contact list is full, that makes me rich?  Hmm....I never want to be a form of currency, and I never want that to be the reason I make friends.