Mark 8:35(NKJV)
35For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
Jesus is telling us to give up our lives for Him and the Gospels sake. This seems really contrary to what most of us have been taught all our lives. Were told to we can do it all by ourselves, to pull up our boot straps, to suck it up. So much of our lives we are told to things on our own but then Jesus comes unto the scene and tells things totally different than what others have told us. We do have to choose which way to go. I read this story on the Internet not sure who first wrote it . I took it from a Blog by Michael Hyatt . I believe it sums it up our live is how we choose them to be.
High in the Himalayan mountains lived a wise old man.
Periodically, he ventured down into the local village to entertain the villagers with his special knowledge and talents. One of his skills was to psychically tell the villagers the contents in their pockets, boxes, or minds.A few young boys from the village decided to play a joke on the wise old man and discredit his special abilities. One boy came up with the idea to capture a bird and hide it in his hands. He knew of course, the wise old man would know the object in his hands was a bird. The boy devised a plan. Knowing the wise old man would correctly state the object in his hands was a bird, the boy would ask the old man if the bird was dead or alive. If the wise man said the bird was alive, the boy would crush the bird in his hands, so that when he opened his hands the bird would be dead. But, If the wise man said the bird was dead, the boy would open his hands and let the bird fly free. So not matter what the old man said, the boy would prove the old man a fraud. The following week, the wise old man came down from the mountain into the village. The boy quickly caught a bird and cupping it out of sight in his hands, walked up to the wise old man and asked, “Old man, old man, what is it that I have in my hands?” The wise old man said, “You have a bird, my son.” And he was right. The boy then asked, “Old man, old man, tell me: Is the bird alive or is it dead?” The wise old man looked at the boy, thought for a moment and said, “The bird is as you choose it to be.”
You have the ability to choose which path to take, I would recommend the path with Christ. Be a blessing today, Sir Gregory
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