October 18, 2005
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Had a good small group lesson last night. The speaker guy on the DVD was talking about being WHO God wants you to be. He spoke from the scripture in Matthew 13:44-46
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44″The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
45″Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.
———Basically he was talking about the fact that these guys both sold everything they had so they could obtain the thing that was worth the MOST. For instance- you like antiques. You go to an estate sale, and unfortunately it is an all or nothing sale…but you find an original manuscript of a book written during the civil war that is worth a couple million dollars. The estate is selling for $350,000. So you go and sell your house and your car and everything you possibly can (yay ebay!) to get enough $$ to buy the whole estate. Now you’ve sacrificed to get the estate, but obviously, you’ve obtained something worth far more than what you sacrificed. So it is with the Kingdom of God.
And this isn’t just a reward we’ll get eventually. The Kingdom of God is something we will experience here on earth, during our normal, daily lives. So the initial sacrifce was big, but the reward FAR outways the sacrifice. It seems so obvious, yet we are not setting our eyes on the reward, but too often, we set our eyes on the sacrifice, and we complain about how big it is, get sidetracked (easy enough) and never experience the rewards of truly following Christ.
Anyway- I thought it was a great lesson…and I stole that analogy from the DVD, but you probably figured that out already…
Leanne says she’s coming to choir! Cool! Hip-hip-hooray! Three cheers to Leanne! I mean, it’s only like a 3 hour drive or something (with traffic). I’m excited.
Random notes:
I love iTunes and Apple…bought an episode of LOST last week that I missed. It was excellent…I love Jamba Juice…their smoothies are oh so wonderful and tasty and healthy (with all the extra stuff I put in…)
I love…carpet…I love lamp.
Comments (9)
“Do you really love lamp?” “I love lamp!”
Sorry, had to finish it.
I’ve always loved that particular story, it’s very cool. Hmm, maybe I should drive down to San Diego and join your choir. It seems like the thing to do! If Leanne can do it…
I think you two lamp-lovers are a few Bricks short of a load
That icon makes me laugh every time I see it.
In closing, read your email.
Hey, send your X-Files up with Leanne so I don’t have to pay for shipping!!!!!!
carpet too? you love carpet? hmmmm…
Are Lamp, and Carpet nick names for your boys? You know…. like Michael Jackson calls his son Blanket………Or are they what you call your parents? I know it would have worked for mine (Tee Hee)
I think I burnt my tongue.
I like that lesson. It’s exactly what I needed to hear today. Seriously. Thanks!!!
Mike, what did you burn your tongue on? The lamp
Okay, the comment made by valoats made me laugh outloud…