Today's cherished Nugget from guest blogger Pastor Bill.

A king asked his three daughters how much they loved him. Two of them replied that they loved him better than all the gold and silver in the world. The youngest one said she loved him better than salt.

The king was not pleased with her answer, as he thought salt was not very palatable. But the cook, overhearing the remark, put no salt in anything for breakfast next morning, and the meal was so insipid that the king could not enjoy it. He then saw the force of his daughter’s remark. She loved him so well that nothing was good without him.

Jesus tells us in Luke 14:24, “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.” The picture is not to actually hate those around us, but to love God and follow Him so that the love for others pales in comparison to our love for Him. Our love for Him is such that nothing is good without Him.

Give all glory and praise to God.