I finally found her, my first car. She was a 69 Ford Mustang. Obviously this isn’t her in the picture. I had washed probably hundreds of dogs for her. Saving each week when I got paid. Meanwhile I scanned the Auto Trader looking for a deal. I needed one because a Bathe and Brusher, at a dog groomer doesn’t get paid the big bucks, nor should they. First jobs should be exactly that…working your way to a better paying one. My dad hauled me to countless potentials on Saturday afternoons. This ones rusted out, the engine is no good, is this even a Mustang body?? But finally one came along, for $2200, she was all mine! And I valued her. My weekends were now consumed with lessons from my older brother on changing spark plugs, oil, and checking tire pressure. I poured through classic Mustang parts books to order missing emblems for the inside door. She was washed, waxed and cleaned out once a week.
I bet you’ve been here, buying your first car, first house, or paying for your first horse. You value what you work for. You even investigate your purchase, because you want it to be the very best you can afford. You hand the money over and take pride in your new possession. You’ve sacrificed a lot of sweat and time and doing without to have it. That certainly was the case for me and maybe even for you.
On the other hand……..
We love free! We look for buy one get one free. Free ice cream with your purchase of a Happy Meal. Free tickets to the concert. I mean free is fun and we even celebrate it. But is free always best? Is free appreciated like something that cost? But even in our “Free” country we forget what it cost. Free sometimes is thought of as lesser value, or even disregarded and thrown aside. I have an idea, let’s take all who don’t appreciate America and have a ship one, ship another free. I like that……
Recently something I read stood out to me. King David in 2 Samuel 24:24 insist on paying for the threshing floor and the bull he would sacrifice. Both were offered to him for free. It wouldn’t cost him anything. But he insist on paying because in paying there was value. He wasn’t about to cheapen his sacrifice nor disobey God.
Why “That’s Gonna Cost Ya”, Mattered To David and Why It Should Matter To Us
- Honor should go to it’s rightful place. Only God deserves that place.
- Cost is associated with value.
- What matters most to us shows up in our time and money.
- He feared God and wanted to obey Him to the fullest.
- He said “no” to free and paid the price.
So what do you think? Do you see us become people who like free more than things that cost? Let me know……….thecowboypastorswife
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