Mark 8:35 has always been a challenging verse to me as a mother: “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.” We often feel that we give out more than we have to give as we pour out our lives in motherhood We feel as if we are losing our lives.
However, this Scripture takes on more meaning when we understand the full meaning of “save” which is the Greek word “sozo.” Dear mother, God promises that you will not lose. Instead, you will not only be saved, but delivered, protected, healed, preserved, and made whole by pouring out your life in this great and divine calling God has given to you.
We should also take the warning. This Scriptures tells us that we actually lose our lives when we try to save and pamper them. The word “lose” is “apollumi” and means “to destroy fully, to perish (literally or figuratively), to mar.” Most other times in the New Testament this word is translated “destroy” or “perish.”
Isn’t it amazing how we think the opposite to God? And yet His way is the way that works; our way always takes down a wrong path. God’s way leads to life; our way leads to destruction.
Blessings to you today,
Nancy Campbell