eternal sense

Matthew 16

24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, 

“If any of you wants to be my follower, 

you must give up your selfish ambition, 

take up your cross, 

and follow me. 

25 If you try to hang on to your life, 

you will lose it. 

But if you give up your life for my sake, 

you will save it. 

26 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?

Is anything worth more than your soul?



I get the feeling a lot of us are still hanging on to a lot of "selfish ambition".

And even more of us are hanging on to our lives, keeping control in our hands, not God's.

And it really feels like no one gives a flyin' flip about losing our souls for whatever stuff we think we gotta have.

Sometimes it feels like we're all just dancing along through life, doing & being whatever we dang well please.

Life is short.

This ain't a rehearsal.

We've all got just one shot.

I've lived too long & seen too much - it's only those who let go of control of their lives that seem to have a life that makes any eternal sense.