Losing
Dear Eugene, This is what Jesus said, " Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. " How is one to understand this? One implication, I believe, is that no one can start to say one knows God without losing something of huge significance. And to lose oneself bit by bit and finally completely is not the goal, even less the accomplishment, but the very beginning, the first baby step of loving God, finding life's true worth and living it. I am glad Jesus put it that way, allowed no false hope on false promises. What he said wasn't even a demand, let alone a cruel one. It'd be true cruelty if we are to find out the truth on our own, like a motherless child, a desert wanderer, knowing not what the hel