"Love Has A Price"

"They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: (for the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) that he should still live for ever, and not see corruption." (Psalms 49:6-9) I tried, but there is no way to break these verses up; it is one statement that cannot be separated. The message though is really quite simple, although it has quite a lot to say: Money cannot buy true happiness, but that does not mean that love is cheap, nor that true happiness comes without a price. The main point that God is pressing into my heart is about the fact that love is the most costly thing that we have to give one another, yet is is also the one thing that we all have the same ability to share. In other words, love does have a price, but it is not measured in gold or money, nor in wealth and worldly possessions; it is measured in sacrifice and caring for one another; and caring for someone goes far beyond just handing them some cash or giving them anything that will provide for their earthly comfort, because it is about eternity, something we cannot buy them; only God can save a soul, and only God can provide the great price for redemption; which He has already done on the cross. Talk about a great price, there was no greater price ever displayed for love, then the Son of God giving up His life for us upon that cross. And when you really think about what He displayed, in that He had no worldly possessions; there was nothing here that He called His own, except for you and I, for which He laid down His life. There was really no money involved in that exchange; nothing but the blood of Jesus can take away our sins, and nothing but the blood of Jesus can redeem my brother from his sins; the most precious substance of all, the blood of Jesus, is available to all that will choose to be washed in it. It is free, but that does not mean it is cheap; but it surely brings real happiness... "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:35-39)