October 24, 2012 - Priceless

GM, I was thinking yesterday about the word priceless. The word basically defines itself - that to which NO PRICE can be ascribed. Right? I was thinking about the things in my house and life that are priceless........my Bible, pictures of my family, my mother's engagement ring, letters from my daughter and granddaughters, a cassette tape of my oldest granddaughter singing at the age of 2 (I'm not certain I can still find a machine to even listen to it), my relationship with God, my husband, my family, my close friends. There are just some things that if threatened by destruction, a murderous "spirit" will arise from within me. (just sayin') How about you? Can you make your list? But the question to each of us is.........do we see ourselves and our health as priceless? Do we really place great value on who we are? I venture to say in my many years of pastoring, that countless people really do not love anything about themselves. Shame, guilt, un-mended wounds, hurts, failures all seem to remind us that we are certainly NOT priceless. And yet someone saw us of such value they were willing to give their life for us. THAT IS priceless. We are of high value because of our relationship with God, Jesus' sacrificial gift, and the residence of the Holy Spirit within us. Again, PRICELESS! Now, I want to suggest that to the list of priceless we each add our health. If we could establish the VALUE of our health, I feel it could move to the priceless list. YES? Is our health worth guarding? YES! Is it worth placing in a SAFE PLACE? YES! Ask yourself honestly - right now - is your health as valuable as your most priceless possession? It should be close. :) Why? The foremost reason is our body houses the Holy Spirit and was created in God before the earth began. PRICELESS! (re-reading John 17 again this morning) But also, none of us REALLY wants to break down and run our life as a "old clunker" and be tossed aside as having no value simply because we chose to eat wrong and abuse the vehicle by which we experience life. That's not God's best for any of us. No, no......we want to live our life in fullness and health and we ALL know what that requires. Sometimes we have to remind ourselves of our value and that we ARE WORTH the extra time, energy, and sometimes money it takes to be healthy. Yes we are! So today, remind yourself that you belong on the priceless list and do whatever it takes to maintain your best health. Praying for you today - PK PS - Healthy 4 You Life Group on November 4th at 6 at my house. Theme - Christmas (as we won't meet in December)