Treasure

Treasure

My Grandpa Graham passed away in 1997, my sister had just gotten married and I had just graduated from high school.  It is hard to believe that he has been gone 21 years.  He was an amazing Grandpa! I catch myself many times wishing that my kids could have met him.  

My husband, Jason, works at the same company that my grandpa did. One day he came home and handed me a treasure.  It was a Tuby Talk Newsletter from May of 1986.  It contained a picture and an article about my grandpa.  When he gave it to me, and I read it, I cried! Even typing this right now I am tearing up! I knew what He looked like, his face was always in my mind.  I knew all about him and how amazing he was, because I held onto those memories.  

Everyone that had ever met him always had something good to share with us about him.  Even though I held onto all of those things, I didn't know how much I missed him till I saw his face and till I read about him. I instantly knew that I was going to treasure this item that Jason found.  

When I looked up the definition of treasure, I found these 2 definitions. 

1. to hold or keep as precious. (verb)

2. person esteemed as rare or precious. (noun)

I treasured my Grandpa Graham as a person and I esteemed him as rare and precious. Because of that, when I was given this item, I decided to hold onto it and keep it as precious! 

Not long after my husband gave me this treasure, we were in church and our pastor began preaching on this verse. Immediately the Tuby Talk with the article about my grandpa came to my mind.  It came to my mind mainly because it was something that I treasured at that time.  But as I began to really ask myself how it related to this scripture, everything just fell into place.

Proverbs 2:1-2, 4:

My child, will you treasure my wisdom? Then, and only then, will you acquire it. And only if you accept my advice

    and hide it within will you succeed.

I treasured my grandpa, he was a very wise man.  He was always giving us good advice, but not in a way to talk down to you, but in a loving, caring way.  Because of that, I still remember the advice that he used to give me to this day.

So train your heart to listen when I speak and open your spirit wide to expand your discernment - then pass it on to your sons and daughters.

Because my grandpa was wise, I listened when he spoke.  I not only listened, but I soaked in all the wisdom that he spoke to me.  Then, that wisdom was passed onto my son and daughter.  

For if you keep seeking it like a man would seek for sterling silver, searching in hidden places for cherished treasure.

When my husband was at work that day, he had no idea what he was going to discover.  He stumbled upon some old newsletters and began reading them. He wasn’t seeking to find a treasure. He was curious about the contents of the newsletters and began reading through them.   

That curiosity caused him to discover something that to some might not have been a treasure at all, but he knew to me, it was something I would cherish.  Indeed, it was something I cherished!  Because of its value to me, I wanted to tell everyone and show everyone what was found.  

At the moment everything came together, it was a “Ta Da” moment for me.  God is saying, “This how we are supposed to feel about the cherished item that He has given us, The Bible.”  How I treasure the newsletter on my grandpa is how I am supposed to treasure The Bible!  

Reading it should bring us to tears in remembrance of everything that God has done and is doing in our lives.  Desire to be tender to the Bible.  When we open it, we need to be absorbing what it is saying. The Bible is full of good advice & wisdom.  It is imperative that we be passing on this advice and wisdom to our sons, daughters, family, friends & even strangers. 

When we open it, we never know what we will stumble upon or what we will discover.  What we read at that moment might not be a treasure at all to someone else.  For you though, it might be exactly what you needed to read at exactly that moment.  Don't miss a divine appointment for God to speak into your heart.  

After I was given the Tuby Talk Newsletter, immediately I put it on Facebook to share with other friends and family.  I wanted to be able to share with them what was given to me! The very next time my family was at my house, I was pulling out the newsletter and showing them and having them read it for themselves!  

Then I had a “gut check” moment as I was pondering all of this.  Have I put things on Facebook that God has laid on my heart & spoke to my soul? Yes!  Have I gone personally to my friends and family and told them things that God has laid on my heart & spoke to my soul? Not so much….punch in gut moment! Why? Why do we not feel free to go to people we love and care about and tell them & show them what God is doing in our lives? Why do we hold back these treasures from people that we love? Why do we withhold this from people we know that need to hear it and see it? 

These encounters, these moments, they are not meant to be kept to ourselves.  They are not meant to be contained. When they happen, we need to be excited about what has been revealed to us. Let us grasp onto the freedom that we have in Christ! Freedom to shout out and tell everyone what God has revealed to us! Freedom to be able to go out and show everyone everything God has shown us! 

Music For You: 

* Isn’t He (This Jesus) by The Belonging feat. Natalie Grant