[Discoveries] 11-08-07 Creatively transformed -- Mark 8:35

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his 
life for Me and for the gospel will save it. -- Mark 8:35*/

God isn't into erasing; He's into transforming. Give Him a handful of 
fish and bread, and He feeds the multitudes. Hand Him a coin and He 
baffles the religionists who tried to trap Him. Give Him an ocean and He 
creates a path for His people. Give Him a giant bully, and He creates an 
unforgettable story of triumph.

Give Him our mortal lives, and He hands back eternity.

Some of us will hand over our lives to God at the end of a persecutor's 
sword. But most of us will hand our lives to Him each little piece at a 
time. Today, right now, our dreams, our secret fears, our troubles, our 
frustrations, those things we hold most dear.

What does God do with all these things we hand to Him? I don't know 
exactly. Except whatever we hold can be taken away, but what God holds 
can never be taken away. Some day all these things will be handed back 
to us, creatively transformed, filled with eternal abundance.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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