What do you hold nearest to your heart? Your loving home you have built and everything in it? Your beautiful family? Your relationship with Jesus? Probably all of those thing rank close to the top if you are being honest. When disaster strikes it is devastating to lose your belongings because it can feel like you have lost everything. The same goes for family members, the world stops when someone is taken away from us through death. But having faith in Jesus, and knowing that no matter what happens there is a glorious place where He will meet you, is something to celebrate! That is what we need to hold closest to our hearts. Because in the end God owns everything and He gives and takes away.
Read this quick story of Job who Satan thought would turn away from God if God took everything from him: possessions and family. Job 1:1-22
Job held God closest to his heart and no matter what he lost, he still did not blame God.
Some inspiring stories have circled our media of people who showed robbers and thieves the love of Jesus because that was on the forefront of their mind. Challenge yourself to see what you hold nearest to your heart and pray that God will give you a loving heart willing to give up anything for Him.
-Jessica
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