Synonyms Of The Word: treasure

As this journey continues, I am overwhelmed by the deep waters I'm jumping into as I study "treasure". Just a quick glance at the synonyms of the word in some ways makes me want to quit. Goodness, that sounds terrible. That is how I tick though - and I must learn to persevere. Sometimes I obsess so much over perfection and worry about how it will end up that I can easily miss out on the journey. Lord, have mercy on me and show me a different way. Seriously though, I need to learn the one-day-at-a-time method. I must keep studying and writing and hoping for a clear revelation of what I'm studying and writing. Phew. 

Here is what I am asking myself today? 

"Lord, where will treasure show up? Open my eyes to see. Help me to take note of what it is You want to show me."

I cannot write the whole list of synonyms I was exploring today, but here are some that stood out to me. These are ones that I know will show up when studying the Word and being open to the work of the Lord in my life. 

Abundance

Apple of one's eye

Darling

Find

Valuable

Worth 

Pride & joy

Prize

Riches 

Adore

Cherish

Esteem

Guard

Idolize 

Love

Reverence

Worship

Wow! 

I will continue to work on defining treasure as I go.

Here is where I started. I took a look at the dictionary, thesaurus, concordance in the Bible, and the Greek dictionary. It's fascinating. 

Do you have a word for the year? Where are you choosing to start as you begin to study and look for it? 

Until next time. 

Treasures: a map & a new journey

I've read many posts about picking a word for the year. I started this blog last year: treasuring your life. I have wanted that to be a theme. However, this week I really pondered what it would mean to study and write about "treasure" this year. I am excited about it.  

Today is a great day to introduce the theme and make the first post about studying treasure. Why? 

Charles and I are on a mini-vacay in Daytona Beach visiting his dad. Today we went to a tourist gift shop to look around.  We came out with two things: an awesome nautical watch and a 200 piece treasure map puzzle. We finished it much faster than the 1000 piece puzzle over Christmas with my family. Those 800 other pieces made a BIG difference.

Anyways, some of Florida's rich history is about pirates and treasure. A few years ago, I went through a whole pirate museum in St. Augustine. It was fascinating! I sometimes just think of pirates as fictional. Nope, they are real.

Pirates were all about treasure. They would live for it, search for it, fight for it, protect it, and even die for it. 

As I begin this journey for the year, I hope to learn what it means to truly live for the treasure I have that is life. Life with Jesus, life with amazing people, life with abounding blessings, life with transforming struggles, and life with eternal hope. 

So what do I treasure? Do I live for it, search for it, fight for it, protect it, and am  I willing to die for it?  Maybe dying for it sounds extreme, but I think even in a metaphorical since we must die to ourselves to let go of some of the things we treasure in place of the best treasures. 

So, let's think now of the people, places, things we treasure now. 

What do you hope to treasure more? What do you hope to treasure less?

Join me on this adventure. I don't have a printed treasure map of where we are headed, but I do have some leads.