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YOU'RE THE BEST THING ABOUT ME

When the world is ours but the world is not your kind of thing
Jesus: "You are of this world; I am not of this world." John 8:23 NIV

​Jesus: "My kingdom is not of this world." John 18:36 NIV

Jesus: "The seed sown among the thorns represents the man who hears the message, and then the worries of this life and the illusions of wealth choke it to death and so it produces no 'crop' in his life." Matthew 13:18-23 PHILLIPS
Oh you've seen enough to know it's children who teach
Jesus: "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children." Matthew 11:25 NIV
 
Jesus: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:3 NIV
 
Jesus: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14 NIV
 
Jesus: “Yes... have you never read, 'From the lips of children and infants you, Lord, have called forth your praise'?" Matthew 21:16 NIV
 
Jesus: "Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” John 12:35-36 NIV
I have everything but I feel like nothing at all
Rather, as servants of God... yet regarded as impostors; known, yet regarded as unknown... having nothing, and yet possessing everything. 2 Corinthians 6:4-10 NIV
The best things are easy to destroy...
Why am I?
Why am I walking away?
[My father] would sit me down and drill me: “Take this to heart. Do what I tell you—live! Sell everything and buy Wisdom!... Never walk away from Wisdom—she guards your life; love her—she keeps her eye on you.... Throw your arms around her—believe me, you won’t regret it; never let her go—she’ll make your life glorious. She’ll garland your life with grace, she’ll festoon your days with beauty.” Proverbs 4:3-9 MSG
I can see it all so clearly
I can see what you can't see
We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us! 1 Corinthians 13:12 MSG
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