Saturday's blog, (1/21/17) concluded:  Here I sit.  Visualizing where my treasure needs to be and if my heart had feet, it would certainly follow. But my heart is chained to regret.  Regretting is regressing. Backwards you think, backwards you go.  Buried. Solid ground is right above you.  If you can only push through the loose sand that holds you.  Quickly, if you can.  But panicking turns it to quick sand."Take a deep breath….in your soul!”You’re no longer sinking.  The sand seems to have cemented and all because your spirit has finally fermented.  You finally see the “X,” but it’s not marking the spot.  It’s blotting out clots. You reach for a shovel to help the “X” get you out of the gravel.  But the “X” reaches out to you and pulls you out of your trouble.  And finally your vision is clear and you realize that what has been lifted was fear. “That’s not an X!”  You proclaim, “That’s a cross wielded by Jesus' name!”  God’s tool used to bury our past and all that has ever been lost; leaving just us and the redeeming love of Jesus:  “You’ve lost my beloved, but it was never what I wanted you to find.  You’ve devalued My child, but true value is only found in One of a kind.” And as a tear rolled down the Savior King’s cheek and fell to the ground, He continued, “It’s you I desire and it’s Me that you need.  Forget about your past and let My blood bleed.  Redeeming you to Myself is the reason I died.  And raising you with Me is the reason I rised.”In my soul…. A deep warmth took me!By His blood, my present is now revived and all because my Lord and Savior is alive.  I am now the king of appreciation and I accept this now as my new foresight.  I’ve found the value in what I once devalued. And that lesson is invaluable.  I see my treasure and my heart is following.  The cross.  Progressing.It may be “Friday” in your life, a place where you feel all hope is lost.  But know that “Sunday” is coming, where the “X’s” in your life come to light in the cross.  This is where you need to start digging.  This is where you need to let the cross mark the spot of your soul. That’s the treasure in your chest and the King wants to sit on the throne of your heart. Now….live life!Here I stand, found on the island of God’s plan. He needed to isolate me in order to target my heart.  Because that’s all He ever wanted was my heart.  He had me in His cross view.  He valued me even when I devalued you.  I apologize for the last time to the people, places, and things that I devalued in my past.  I’m dead to all that.Taken by the depth of death….to have life in my soul!