I would go visit them, and before I knew it, they would be giving me a guided tour of their latest acquisitions. Antiques, what nots, weird things, but things that appealed to them. I would hear the story of where they found it, and why they liked it. The one fact that never went unnoticed was how excited they were over their latest find, and the one thing that always struck me funny was when they would ask, “You want to know how much I paid?”
I was reminiscing the other day about those times and chuckling when I begin to envision Jesus showing me his latest acquisitions. “This is John. He was in a bar when he realized his life needed to change. He asked me to help. This is Manjola from Albania. I pursued him a long time before he finally accepted me. Oh! Over here is Akemi. She’s from Japan. She was desperate for real love, and a friend told her about me.”
Person, after person. Jesus was enthusiastic over every one of them. He told me their story. How long He looked for them, as they were lost, but the one thing He never asked was, “You want to know how much I paid?”
“You were bought with a price [purchased with a preciousness and paid for by Christ]” (1Co 7:23 AMP)
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