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9/18/2017 0 Comments the pursuit of goldi wanted to create this blog mainly as a small effort to display the beauty of Jesus. i wanted to create it so that anyone who might read it would not leave without reading about the sure hope the Gospel freely gives. i wanted to create it to encourage you to join me in the fierce battle of loving Him most
& remind you again & again of His breathtaking grace that purifies the worst in us. a few months ago, my sister & her husband challenged me simply & strongly to “pursue gold.” since then, i’ve given time & thought into what that might mean & written below is what i came up with. the pursuit of gold is the pursuit of knowledge of the One who calls us deeper. the kind of knowledge that seeps from our mind to our heart, then out to our hands & makes this world a bit brighter. it’s a pursuit to seek beauty on a day of any size & then crowd our mind with reminders of thousands of small blessings because really all is grace. it’s a pursuit marked by an honest cry that declares we are not yet where we want to be, but we’re getting there — He’s getting us there. & we keep trusting as we do the next thing. it’s a pursuit of the narrow way — the way of extravagant, sacrificial love — that does not discriminate. it’s a pursuit that bears no weapons, just another’s burdens, because that way we know that even though we’re weighed down at times, we’re never alone. it’s a pursuit of honesty & frailty, bravery & despondency, that bows only to the King who cries in a covenantal, moment-by-moment faithfulness, “& yet, I love you still.” the pursuit of gold is a pursuit to see Him as better than pleasure that promises abundance & yet comes up empty. might His children always know that their names are written in heaven’s novel & a crown awaits them there. the pursuit of gold is the pursuit of the cross. even if our pursuit looks more like a limp, we can choose to rejoice because the God of the Universe has committed to meet us where we are & He has made us sufficient & He has declared us beloved & every day, new mercies remind us that He’s making us more. every day, we can pursue gold. we can choose Him as best & see Him as brightest & i think there’s something stunning about a people marked by a longing — a pursuit — to find the place where all the Beauty came from (c.s. lewis). pc: Ben Munkittrick
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