“The man who loves his life will
lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for
eternal life.”
“Whoever finds his life will lose
it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”
Because this world is all we have
ever known, it is easy to focus on the earthly things and forget that this life
is not all that is in store for us. When we live in this world where people are
focused on themselves and what is happening in the here and now, it is hard to
fix our eyes on heavenly things instead of earthly things. We fall into the
trap of grasping onto this life too tightly, living life to the fullest extent
of earthly possibilities. We do what we want to do in the time we have been
given instead of dying to ourselves and using every second we have on this
earth to bring glory to God, waiting expectantly for the day when He will bring
us to live with Him in paradise for all eternity, basking in the presence of
God. If we find our life on this earth, we will lose it, because it is frail
and worthless in the tapestry of time. But if we lose our life on earth, we
will find it, because the gift of life God offers is eternal and everlasting.
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