My mornings begin, when done right, with a soothing cup of coffee and a longstanding engagement of getting to know God. Sometimes, I walk away from the encounter bolstered and excited about what’s next; and sometimes I walk away questioning my very nature and state of understanding. A few mornings ago, I felt like I was handed a question. I have been chewing on this question since it was asked, so I have decided to share it with you.
Jesus taught that the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a treasure hidden in a field; which when a man finds it, he conceals, and for the joy of finding it, goes and sells everything that he has, and buys the field. (1) Or, like a precious pearl, with again, selling everything to buy it. (2)
The question I was asked, “What did you sell?” ”What was everything to you before you met Me?”
Often in church we camp out on losing our life to Christ or denying ourselves to follow, which is in Scripture; but how often do we nail down what that loss was to us? How often are we vulnerable enough to confess what we sold for that precious pearl? And even more vulnerable – how many of us are pawning off parts of that great field we bought to buy back some of what we’ve sold?
If you have not bought the field, well, this question is not directed at you; but for those of us who had that moment when we sold it all…well, let’s really nail down what we sold to make sure we aren’t trying to buy it back.
Jesus could have said that the kingdom of heaven was like a big ol’ gift of a pearl given to you from your Daddy, but he didn’t. He said, “..what shall a man give in exchange for his life?” (3)
We all know that there is nothing we own that could buy this kind of love and life, but maybe it is time to survey the cost.
(1) Matthew 13:44
(2) Matthew 13:46
(3) Matthew 16:26
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Let's catch up in Dec 2020 about the now Miss Epperson! This supposed Christian woman is a complete mess herself. Like mother like daughter! Apparently, M. Epperson divorced in March 2020, and currently is the mistress of a married man who has now left his wife for her and filing for divorce. So much for thinking about the “children of divorce”, in your so called book. Within a month of this man telling his wife he wanted a divorce, because of M.Epperson, she immediately found her way to visit and spend the night at his home, has already met 2 of his 3 kids, his parents and friends. The wife confronted her and she didn’t care. She didn’t stop the affair. She has torn this family apart and they are all a mess, while she and the Mister are just having fun, flaunting their affair in front of his wife and kids on social media. He is not even divorced yet. You call this a Christian woman? Someone who is close to God. What kind of God encourages this? Shame on you Monica Epperson and shame on Him! You cannot treat people like garbage and worship God at the same time. I hope it all comes crashing down on you and Him. All the little lies you both are telling yourselves to make you feel better about this relationship, well God is the judge! I hope you think about what you are doing to his wife and kids every time you are with him and flaunting your relationship in front of his family. I wonder what your daughter thinks, does she even know that you are his mistress? That you helped break up a marriage? You’re such a hypocrite.
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