I Lost Something Very Valuable To Me & I Have To Just Let It Go.

This happened to me years ago, I purchased a beautiful blue topaz pear-shaped ring when in the Bahama's. The only reason I got it was it so reminded me of the beautiful color of the water where the cruise ships docked. It was a beautiful shade of blue just beautiful. The setting of the stone eventually became loose and the stone would wiggle out and I would find it in places like sitting on the floor of my car it would come loose and fall out. Many times I would find it until this one day. This day it went down the drain and I did not know you could open up drains and retrieve it. It was hard for me to let go of that for I really did like that ring and it reminded me of that beautiful water in the Bahama's. At that time in my life Holy Spirit was dealing with me about letting go of things and letting Him bring new things into my life. To trust Him and not hang onto material things.
It is a lot easier said than done let me tell you. I would look many times when I would be in a store to see if I could find a blue topaz ring of the same color and never found one quite like it. My father went to Israel several times when he was living and on one of his visits he brought me a beautiful 18K gold Jerusalem cross. It sat in my jewelry box for a long time until the last year or two. I saw a preacher preach on the power of the cross and how God can protect you with wearing a cross or keeping a cross in your possession that evil spirits cannot be around the cross. Now, it was not the medal or any other material used to make crosses, it is the symbol of the cross and what it represents what Jesus did for us when He died on the cross that the power is there to keep away evil and allow God's protection. If you saw me out in public you would probably not even know that I had that cross in my possession. I did not wear it to display it, I just had it in my possession does that make sense. So many times I thought I lost it, again, just like the topaz ring and I would silently say OK Lord I can let go of it. I said that several times and it is a lot easier said than done when it really happens right. Now, it really did happen and I sought wisdom advice from a spiritual figure in my life. I know what the Lord was saying to me in this but I guess I needed to hear it from one that has wisdom. The protection is not in the cross per say it is in Jesus and He will continue to protect me. I had to get out of the comfort zone of keeping the cross in my possession and keeping my eyes on the one that died on that cross for my protection does that make sense to you.
Letting go of something that is of value is a hard thing to do and it has been a while since I had to let go of something of value. This was a beautiful cross, there was a cross on all 4 corners of the medal and it was stamped on the back Jerusalem and it was 18K gold too. I can only think that God has a purpose in the life of the person that may have found this cross. Maybe it would be sold to feed their children or cloth a child? Maybe it was the found answer of someone that was giving up on life and needed a sign from God that life is worth living? Maybe someone from Israel lost a cross very similar to this one and it was God blessing them with a hidden treasure just for them that very day. I may never know who was blessed with finding this but I know that my trust and hope and protection is in the Lord and Him alone and it was time for me to get a grip on trusting Him with everything in my life.
I guess part of me letting go of this was a bit tender since it was one of the few things I had from my Father. If you have read any of my blogs you would know that when he died I led him to the Lord just a few weeks before he died and after his death we were left with the task of having to contest his will because others that inherited all of his things. Really, the whole sum of what was given to me from my Father was in a box and even at that the items I requested were not even in that box. Greed is an ugly thing and it can possess a person it really can. This greed stemmed from those that did not feel that we should have any of our Father's possessions and corrupted our Father's mind. A word of wisdom to you out there reading this. T
here are others out there looking for opportunities to swindle people out of their rightful inheritance and greed is an ugly thing that will drive them to this. Look out for your parents if they are older and use wisdom to protect them. It is not for any other reason than they are your parents and do not allow someone to come in and swindle them OK. When I saw my Father not being quite as sharp as he use to be, for he was a businessman, I tried to suggest to my siblings that maybe we needed to get power of attorney for him to look out for him but no one thought the same as I did. What a mess we were left to deal with after his death. So many times the Lord reminds me of the scripture in the old testament, Numbers 27: 1-11 clearly states the way property should be distributed. Read it for yourself. Quite often He reminds me that what was stolen from us will be returned to us it is not for me to figure out how or when, that is up to the Lord and how He sees fit to bring it back to us. What man thinks is the logical way to receive it is always the opposite way of how God will bring it back into your life. I would rather wait on Him and let Him create for me then step out of His direction. Step aside and let Him avenge your enemies and fight the battle for you. There are times when He will do this for you. He really will. Rest in Him and let Him take care of it for you.
Again, I feel strong in reminding you to look out for your elderly parents. They worked very hard all of their lives and some may have even built businesses and others comes along and literally take that away from them. My Father had a business and when he was not as sharp as he use to be others did sneakily (not sure if this is a word or not) take his business away from him in a deceptive way. He was too weak at that point to fight for it. I tell you now when you steal from others no good will come forth out of that. God see's and knows all things at all times. You can ask Him for forgiveness if you have been a part of something like this and God will forgive you. I would rather do it now while still alive than wait, for you may never have the opportunity just before you die to ask forgiveness. Once you take that last breath it will be too late. At that point you will either be in heaven or hell for all eternity. Eternity is a very long time where would you like to spend it? The choice is yours and if you have something to repent of do it now while you still have the opportunity to do so.