Our schedule right now is generally open on Saturday evenings, so we eat "kid-friendly " snack foods and watch a movie. Last night we watched "National Treasure". If you're not familiar with the story, the main character believes that the American founding fathers hid a massive treasure and then left behind the clues to find it in things like our currency and national monuments. I was struck last night about the lengths to which he is willing to go to find this legendary treasure. His family (and he) have utterly ruined their reputations. His father says that a one dollar bill is the sum total of their family fortune. He risks his freedom and even his life to keep the villain from getting the treasure. And he is perpetually drawing other people into the hunt.
Today is Resurrection Sunday. It is, as one of our church family pointed out this morning, the "Super Bowl" of Christianity. This is the height of our year, because on this day we remember, in a heightened way, that our Savior is ALIVE. He died, and now is alive forevermore! And I was reminded of the parable of the pearl.
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.
Matthew 13:44-46
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