Good Morning, God,
Lord, how much is one person really worth? What should we be willing to trade for the life of one person?
In the case of an Israeli soldier who was captured by the Islamic Hamas government five years ago, it is worth 1,027 prisoners whom Israel has been holding. Those being released from Israel in tradae include some serving life terms for being part of the crime of murder.
One commentator said that the Israelis didn't want again to be known as a people who wouldn't do all they could to get one of their own back. Thus, 1,027 men and women are being released by Israel in exchange for one man held by Hamas.
Lord, you know exactly what it is like to trade one life for others, for many others, for limitless others. You traded your own son, knowing he would face death on a cross, so that everyone who believed in him and accepted him as their savior, as their "hero," could have life and have it abundantly and eternally.
Yes, Lord, you know what it is to trade one life so that innumerable men and women can be saved. Thank you, Lord.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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