Luke 9:24 (ESV)—For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
Headphones on a bus to the airport. iPhone on an airplane. Glasses either at a bed and breakfast or at the terminal gate. Reading light and pajama pants in a hotel room.
I am a woman who loses things while traveling.
Although I know these things have only earthly value, and I lost money when I replaced some of the items, I mourn my losses. Especially the pretty purple headphones my hubby ordered in my favorite color. Sigh.
One loss we do not have to mourn: our old self. Because, when we pick up the cross and follow Jesus, the death of our old self saves our new self. Our life in Christ gains us our eternal reward.
As we examine our life today, let’s ask ourselves, “What other loss leads to gain?”