FINDERS KEEPERS

You know how it goes: “Finders keepers, losers weepers” I heard it often enough as a child to know just how painful that little rhyme can be.  I think the event that anchored those words forever in my mind was about marbles.  My favorite cat’s eye was forgotten after recess.  When I remembered, it was…

Loses

“For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake shall find it.”  Matthew 16:25  Loses – In Greek – apollumi.  The prefix apo is attached to this verb in order to intensify the thought.  Although the word comes from a strong root meaning to destroy or…