the precious and the priceless

 Quite by accident I ended up going to a women's Christian study group this morning while waiting for a towbar to be fitted to my car.  The message was so awesome and aimed right at me that I feel the need to share it with you.  The study from Genesis, told the story of Abraham and Sarah being promised a child (and a nation) by God and how they had to be patient and trust in Him.  When Isaac was finally born to Sarah, the adoring parents were besotted with him.  The story continues in Genesis 22 of Abraham being called by God to take this only son, Isaac, to Mt Moriah and offer him as a sacrifice to God.  It is the test of whether we are able to give up the PRECIOUS in order to grab hold of the PRICELESS.  Abraham had to believe completely in God's plan for his life and to trust that there was something priceless in store for him, if he would just obey.

We are not yet sure what God has planned for us here in Perth and yet we really feel that this is where we need to be.  There are some pretty awesome things waiting for us, I am sure.  I have no doubt that there are people here that we are yet to meet who are going to be significant to our life's journey.  We have to try to focus on letting go of all that is so precious to us in order to really take hold of the priceless.  Everything and everyone that has been part of our lives up until now will always remain precious and our true friendships will survive this separation, but we have to let go of the familiarity of home in order to truly experience something new.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

-Mark Twain-