Treasure Hidden
A Journey of Faith in Christ
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While the ability to hold love may know no bound, the limits of life when it came to my time and attention shaped my affections, priorities, and how I spent the life and soul I’ve been granted.
The bank account of my heart’s love is the steepest, richest, most significant wealth I’ve stewarded in this ordinary and extraordinary life. For starters, I only get so many days. Psalm 90:12 states, Teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart. The mercy dividing these days into chapters of life has sometimes left me wanting, wishing past the regret of lessons learned for a brighter future—as I do even now in the writing of this life story.
Proverbs 17:3 says, The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but the LORD tests the heart. Much of this story of faith details the trials I’ve endured in the testing of my heart. The heart is the true mind: sensing, perceiving, valuing, cherishing, rejecting, exercising all manners of intellect unavailable to any other aspect of one’s being. Proverbs 4:23 states, Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. The question concluding this book and reflection on faith is this: How do you choose to spend your heart in all the limits that shape life? What does my love speak of life and how do I spend my love?
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Before He entered my world and transformed it miraculously, I went about my days giving no thought to my Maker. I was a high school art teacher back then. While I worked hard to impact my students and school for good, I also enjoyed weekend happy hours and a pot habit. On a couple of occasions just before I came to know the Lord, I could easily have killed myself or someone else driving drunk. This was a warning from God that my life was about to change drastically.
No one evangelized me. I had warning dreams. One seared the image of a brightly lit cross and crown into my mind’s eye. In another, my friend warned me I would come to know the love of Christ. I thought to myself, “But, I’m not religious.” Nevertheless, by the Holy Spirit’s leading and touch, my heart was awakened to realize I love Jesus for some reason, deeply. Thus began my journey learning who He is, in love and in justice.
Proverbs 4:23 states, Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. The question concluding this book and reflection on faith is this: How do you choose to spend your heart in all the limits that shape life? What does my love speak of life and how do I spend my love? I know that God’s love spoke eternal life over me, a sinner, and He spent all His love on man’s salvation. He purchased such grace in the ultimate sacrifice. Now, how will I purchase Him, my treasure? How do I spend all I have buying my field?
About the Author
Pedrameh Manoochehri earned a dual Master’s in Art Education and Applied Anthropology of Education before she came to know and love Jesus while teaching high school art in June of 2011. She has pursued this love in study of the Scriptures and devotion to His Spirit since then. She is now nannying and studying for her Master of Divinity to pursue God’s call on her life. She enjoys church, volunteering, running, reading, and her cat, Josiah.