I would really hate it if I would have to be torn from my life as I know it and to be thrust into some country that I have never been to and that I am unfamiliar with. Sometimes major events happen in our lives that we have no control over. If a catastrophic event were to take place and I did have to relocate to another country and I could only take a change of clothes and three small items I would take:
1. My family scrapbook/photo album
2. My Bible
3. A pair of earrings given to me by my mother on my wedding day.
I would explain that the scrapbook.photo album holds all of the memories that I cherish most from the beginning of life with my children, family historical events, and memories of how we looked long ago compared to how we look now.
I would describe the Bible as being the root of my life and that every word of it was so important that it was a life and death situation.
I would describe the earrings of a tangible blessing that my mother gave me as a symbol of her love and support of me.
I would be devastated because each one of the items listed above mean so much to me and I wouldn't want to part with any of them. The first thing that I would give up would be my Bible. The reason why I would give up that physical Bible would be because I have the words of the Bible written upon the table of my heart and no one can take that away. That is why the Bible tell us to study to show thyself approved.
Some of the most simple things that mean so little to me, might just mean the world to someone else.
Melanie,
ReplyDeleteI agree, once you have "the word" in your heart, no man can take that away from you...and you can start your new life based on faith and that you are never given more than what you can handle.
And I agree, I have learned that the older I get and the more I watch my son grow into a young man, the more I say the simple things in life means so much.
Nicky