I count it but loss, for the sake of the cross…

“But whatever former things were gains to me [as I thought then], these things [once regarded as advancements in merit] I have come to consider as loss [absolutely worthless] for the sake of Christ [and the purpose which He has given my life].” ~PHILIPPIANS 3:7~ In the last 3 years out of the 33 or so years, I have been a conscious Christian I have only just started to grasp the meaning of this verse. It was around 3 years ago that I awoke to the most important realization of my life. The message of the gospel is life-saving and all people need saving. The mission truly became real to me. Since that time as the urgency of the gospel message took hold, everything in my life began to change, suddenly the things that used to count seemed so unimportant, so vain, so temporal, so plastic The words of Ecclesiastes…