What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?"

Lead her Lord

Luke 9:22-25

Jesus said to his disciples:  "The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised."

Then he said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.  For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.  What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?"

What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?"

Lord,
This stands out to me today but not in a big way.  What comes to mind is not abut me but Jennasen.  She is focused completely on worldly things, but not in a materialistic way.  How can she look at the beauty and life that you've given her and all of us and not see you?

When she 'had' the faith, it was all in her head, the rules, practices and religiosity of it.  She never had a deep relationship, yet she did have faith, she did believe and now she's lost that.  She's been swallowed up by the world.

Her faith is still there, it is just covered  up by the world, the lies and twisted truths that are there for the sole purpose of ensnaring those who are weak and looking for an excuse to let go of the difficulty of staying on the righteous road.  It is so much easier to let the free will control you than to be controlled by your conscience.  But her free will and what it has done for her and where it's taken her will one day fail and she will reach out to me and I will be there.  Don't worry, trust me and be patient.  This is a lesson for you as much as for her.  I can weave it all together and bring good out of anything and everything.  Rest in the peace of knowing that.