Mark 10:29-30
Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age.”

Our culture encourages us to grab as much as we can for ourselves. This is consumerism. Jesus calls us to turn away (“repent”) from this way of trying to attain happiness. He says we instead should give. While many believe their possessions or status defines them…Jesus says the opposite. You will never know who you truly are until you disassociate yourself from those things. This is not getting rid of…but simply not clinging to. It is only when you let go of the things you’ve been grasping…that your hands will be free to do God’s work. It’s only in giving yourself away in the service of others that you will finally find your true self…your true calling. That will be worth a hundred times more now than any possession you could ever hold!

Suggested song of the day– “I Surrender” on the Live to Love album.
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Have a blessed day!