Sane, Simple, Sacred: What's It Worth?

What's It Worth?

My husband rescued this chest of drawers from a curb. Step by step, he replaced and repaired broken and warped parts. It turned out quite handsomely.. HOWEVER, we do NOT have a need for it or SPACE for it! So this morning it sits in front of our house on a busy street with a price on it (that is, a price on the chest -- not the street). How do you put a price on something like this? It has to be inexpensive enough to attract a buyer. I know our $30 asking price will never repay my husband for the hours he invested in it.

I got thinking about the price that Judas (the Betrayer) put on our precious Lord Jesus Christ the night he "sold" him. Thirty pieces of silver! This price in NO way indicated what Jesus was worth. Little did Judas take into account all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge that are in Jesus (Colossians 1:3)! Fact is, there IS no way to measure what He's worth! Though some of the lyrics of the song "Above All" require discernment in analysis, these particular ones are truth:

Above all kingdoms
Above all thrones
Above all wonders
The world has ever known
Above all wealth
And treasures of the earth
There's no way to measure
What You're worth...

This morning, I'm challenged to revisit the Treasure of Jesus and examine the value I place on Him and my relationship with Him. Meanwhile, I'm hoping SOMEONE thinks the chest of drawers is worth $30. Or even $25... (Come on people! The "pulls" are worth more than the total asking price!)

LATE BREAKING NEWS! I sold it for $27. A lady says, "It's just the storage her granddaughter needs..." (She had 2 $20s and $7 in bills. I took the $27, thankful that it will fill a need for a family moving into a new apartment.)

6 comments:

MoMay 24, 2011 at 3:16 PM
The dresser was a beautiful project! I think the price was just right. It's so fun to get something new like that and fill it up with things that didn't have a *home*.
ReplyDelete
Replies
BrendaMay 25, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Wow! That lady got a great deal! It turned out beautiful and will last for a very long time. You/Gary blessed that family.

I have a darling little plant stand that I used for years. The top broke recently and I am going to send it home with Donna sometime for your Gary to repurpose and for you to sell or use as you choose. I just cannot toss it.
ReplyDelete
Replies
Nellie's Cozy PlaceMay 26, 2011 at 9:43 PM
Hi Rebecca,
Your hubby did a great job on the chest. and the lady got a great deal for $27.00, and nice to know it will be put to good use, yall were certainly
a blessing to her today.
and I love that song about all power, above all thrones................it is one of my favorites,
and many times makes me cry when it talks about
him being like a rose trampled on the ground, he took the fall and thought of me above all!!
Take Care,
Blessings, Nellie

and if hubby gets this job you will definitely hear the Halleleujah chorus all the way up there!! lol
ReplyDelete
Replies
Lori ZehrMay 28, 2011 at 8:15 AM
This lady got a really good deal! Beautiful dresser!
ReplyDelete
Replies
PamelaMay 29, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Such a beautiful dresser. I have one to do for Emily's room but in black. What paint does your husband use?

I love the "Above All" lyrics. I sang it through in my head. He is all that and more!
ReplyDelete
Replies
Jacquelyn StagerJune 1, 2011 at 6:08 PM
That lady got a great deal, but amazing that she gave "all she had" and you blessed her by letting it go for only $27! Gary did a fabulous job on it! Love that song too.
ReplyDelete
Replies

Add comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

"We simplify, not just to be less busy, even though we may be right to pursue that. Rather, we simplify to remove distractions from our pursuit of Christ. We prune activities from our lives, not only to get organized, but also that our devotion to Christ and service for His kingdom will be more fruitful. We simplify, not merely to save time, but to eliminate hindrances to the time we devote to knowing Christ. All the reasons we simplify should eventually lead us to Jesus Christ!" (Donald S. Whitney)

Dedicated to my sister-in-law, Beth--a TRUE home manager....

"I work for a King. He has put me in charge of his home. When He comes to see how I have managed His possessions and His children, I do not want to be found wanting. I want to do my best. Everything I have is on loan from Him. I have room and board and a job to do, but it is all for Him. Therefore I want to dress my best and do my best in all my work. I also want to be creative, for this is a sincere attempt to glorify Him and His beautiful creation. How I manage my home is a form of worship to Him." --Lydia Sherman

"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry,
and see a fine picture every day of his life,
in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Contentment makes poor men rich.

-Benjamin Franklin

"What I am gradually discovering is that in the writing I come in touch with the Spirit of God." ~ Nouwen

~~"Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting."~~Edmund Burke

C.S. Lewis: "To trust Him means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in trusting a person if you wouldn't take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him."

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony." William Henry Channing

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Apostle Paul: "But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand. It stops us from taking anything for granted. It has also taught me alot about living in the immediate moment. I am somehow managing to live one day, one hour at a time." Madeleine L'Engle

FIVE CERTAINTIES
WITH WHICH TO
START YOUR DAY

God holds you. Each day he carries us in his arms. Psalm 68:19 NLT
God sustains you. THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. Psalm 23:1 AMP
God covers you. He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust. Psalm 91:4 AMP
God pours His love upon you. Through each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me. Psalm 42:8 NLT
God will not fail you. The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! Lamentations 3:22 NLT

THE BLOGGER'S PRAYER Lord, help me to learn to spell without spellcheck, manage to visit all that visit me, and post regularly - all in 5 minutes a day, so that I can clean house and take care of my family. Help me to not look at every occurrence in my life as a blog post, and to quit taking pictures of weird things to share as well. Please Lord, help me to stop talking about my blog friends as though they are next door neighbors or someone I have known all of my life. And help me, dear Lord, to think of something witty and wise to post tomorrow.
Love, The Dust Bunny Hostage

Sane, Simple, Sacred

Mercy

What's It Worth?

6 comments:

Writing a Song a Week #3