Faith Filled Family Magazine September 2016 | Page 35

By Charlaine Martin

Consider the crowns on earth
versus the heavenly crowns of
the Bible. The crown jewels of
Great Britain are very expensive, worth an estimated $20-50
million dollars- with the Star of
Africa Scepter valued at $400
million. They have been worn by
monarchs since 1066 AD. It was
by birth the monarchs deserved
the privilege and right to wear
such magnificent jewels set in
precious metals, although some
were obtained illegitimately
(Page, 2013). These jewels were
successfully stolen by Colonel
Blood in 1671, a man who found
himself penniless, but recovered soon after the theft (John-

Crowns in Heaven:

time, energy, and effort you pour
into these young hearts.” Is it all
worth it in God’s eyes? He sees
our hearts in all that we do and
He set aside eternal rewards for
those who love Him.

What does each of these mean?

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amily calendars are filled
with work, school, and
church activities on most
nights of the week. Getting the kids out of bed and into
the car for church on Sunday
morning is an amazing feat in
itself for some families. Vacation
Bible School and Backyard Bible
Clubs, are wonderful outreaches
in communities but, can be very
draining on the adult workers.
One Children’s ministry volunteer said, “People in church
expect to see these glowing
numbers of conversions, but we
don’t see as many as we used
to. We share Christ with the
kids, but we don’t always see the
fruit.” Her friend replied, looking
over her cup of coffee, “You are
sowing seeds. More Christians
will tend the seeds planted.
Someone will be blessed to pray
with some of these kids later.
What you are doing is worth the

son). Movies such as Grand
Heist have depicted attempts
of stealing the Crown Jewels.
Even today, royalty wear such
exquisite jewels for formal
events. But the earthly crowns
are a poor imitation of the precious heavenly crowns God
has in Heaven for His people.

Followers of Jesus will receive
crowns as joint heirs with Him.
What makes them most precious is they are given to us
by the One who paid an exorbitant cost for our salvationHis blood. No crown on earth
costs this much, not even the
crowns of England. The great
news is these crowns cannot
be stolen or taken away. The
Bible speaks of crowns given
as rewards by the King of