To Have and to Lose

[542 words] There is “a time to get, and a time to lose” (Ecc. 3:6). Suffering loss is a part of living. We lose money. We lose health. We lose friends. We lose loved ones. We lose our happiness. Life is a constant cycle of ups and downs, gains and losses. Circumstances beyond our control can take away what is dear to us in a moment. People can rob us of our possessions and our peace of mind. Even our own bad choices can deprive us of the kind of life we want. Few things in life stay the same for very long. How do you take losing something you treasure? The Christians in the book of Hebrews had their property taken from them. Yet the writer says they “took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance”…