Matthew 10: ³⁷ “If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine. ³⁸ If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine. ³⁹ If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.

you know.. we hear things but don't really accept them.. we have read this scripture hundreds of times.. yet do we really hear what it says? if you love your son or daughter more than God then we are not worthy of being His... really.. hear what is being said... do we love God more than our child? more than the child we carried in our belly for 9months.. the child we gave birth to in pain.. the child we have raised for 18yrs.. the child we see every single day and know all of their good points and all of their weaknesses... do we love God more than this being that was created by God using our body.....

we can't even see God.. while we know He is there... how much can we really love a being that we cannot look at.... enough to allow a child you birthed from your own body to die for Him.... do we really love God the way Abraham loved God.. enough to sacrifice our own son.... it is easy to say oh yes! I love God that much.... but it is really another thing to be faced with the truth of it...

I think in all of our lives... at some point... God makes us give up the person we love the most... whether it is a man or a child or a parent... and usually people represent something in our lives.. like for a woman a man may represent security or stability... a child may represent complete love... so when we give up this person.. we are also giving up what they represent.... we are giving that over to God too.... and allowing him to become our complete love.. or our security and stability... our trust...

I think it is only when we are faced with the reality that we cannot change anything He determines to do... we cannot make anything happen... that is when we are able to give it up to God and throw our hands in the air and realize... I have to believe that He has everyone's best interest in mind... regardless of what it looks like or feels like.. and we have to let go and allow Him to work it all out.. whatever way He chooses to do so...

this is how we learn to love God... and that He really is faithful... that He really is trustworthy.. and He really will catch us before we hit the ground................ I love me some Jesus... I am so thankful for His life... His death... His resurrection... His reigning... His kingdom...