The Hidden Treasure and The Pearl of Great Price

This is a book first posted on Grace Connection, the Magazine. There is no printed edition. All 30 chapters will appear on the Wheel in the following weeks.

Chapter 8

Matthew 13:44-46

Glenn Calkins tells the story of a man who lived in Murfreesboro, Arkansas.1 He found it difficult to survive on a little piece of land on a rocky mountainside in an old log cabin without any of the modern facilities, no running water or electricity. One day a man drove to the little cabin in a big, shiny limousine.

After greeting the owner, the stranger asked, "How much would you take for the place?"

"Why," the man answered, "it's not for sale."

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