Chapter 2

The Life I Owe.

We have been bought with a price greater than we can ever begin to repay. We were freed from an eternal damnation, and given the free gift of eternal life.

Beautiful. Humbling.

I wasn't worth it. No one is or was or ever will be. The gift I have been given is one that I overlook far too often. And then someone will put it in just a way that it completely floors me. EE reminds me that we were not bought with things that can perish. Not gold, silver, or any material item. We was bought with blood. His life for our own. His Perfection for humanities unworthyness.

How can I be as precious as His Son? Completely incomprehensible to me. I am nothing. From dust I was formed, to dust I will return. I am no one special. How can I be so selfish, when He was so selfless? He gave up his Son, His child, His flesh and blood. I complain when I have to give up that new pair of earrings I want, or some other superficial thing. I don't know sacrifice. God could not call me to sacrifice enough to make equal what He gave up, not to mention, I would probably fight and complain the whole time. He heard His son's suffering, He watched him die. And He did it willingly. Giving up His son for a people who only turn their backs on Him.

The best part about this? He asks for nothing in return. All He asks is that you accept Him and allow Him to direct your footing. Even better, along this path, He will never leave your side. He will carry you when you lose your strength. Give Him all your troubles and fears and worries. Give Him everything.

But we don't want to lose our "freedom". Jimmy Needham puts it well, "you call it loosening up, I call it spiraling down." By denying Christ and embracing worldly freedom, we are only tighening our chains.

"Make straight the way of the cross before me. Give me love, that there may be no room for a wayward thought or step."

I liked this chapter, it was short, only a page, but it reminded me of an amazing truth. My life is not my own, it belongs to my Precious Lord and my Wonderful Savior. May I do it justice. haha, I just kind of felt like saying that. But really...