Everything.
That is what Jesus asked the rich young man to be willing to part with in order to gain eternal life. The young man had been so excited to find out what he needed to do that he actually ran up to Jesus to ask him. But “his face fell,” scripture tells us, “and he went away sad” when he heard the answer. That is the last we hear of him. We never even learn his name.
Today, we celebrate the birth of another rich young man whose name is known all around…