Any loss is pure gain

Elisabeth Elliot devotional
Any loss is pure gain

"Paul was a man who suffered the loss of
everything, according to his own claim.
Yet any loss he counted pure gain. The key to this
transforming of earthly losses into heavenly gains
is love. What do we love? If our hearts are set on
people and possessions and position, the loss of
those will indeed be irreparable. To the man or
woman whose heart is set on Christ no loss on earth
 can be irreparable.  It may shock us for the moment.
We may feel hurt, outraged, desolate, helpless. 
That is our humanity. But the Lord can show us
the "long view," the incalculable gain in spiritual
 and eternal terms, if we love Him above all.
 Everything that belongs to us belongs also to Him.
Everything that belongs to Him belongs also to us.
What, then, can we finally lose? Ifwe lose not
 Christ Himself, we have finally lost nothing,
for He is our treasure and He has
our hearts." -Elisabeth Elliot