Have you ever read a story in the Bible and then years later read it again and
realized you'd been reading it backwards? I have. My name is Kathy Haker and I have
a passion to help other people understand God's grace. The story I'm
talking about is in Matthew chapter 13. Remember the story about the man that
found a field and found a treasure in it and he went and sold all that he had and
bought the field so he could have the treasure? And then it says a
merchant discovered there was a pearl of great price and he sold everything he
had so that he could have that pearl. Well all my life I thought that Jesus
was the pearl and I needed to sell everything I had. I needed to give up
everything I had so that I could have that pearl. Well what if, since I don't
have anything to buy anything with, I'm the pearl and Jesus gave everything he
had so that I could be his. That makes much more sense and it's so comforting
to know that he laid down his life so that I could have his life. Thanks for
listening.