What do we truly value, and what would we give up to hold onto it? These are the questions at the heart of a series of parables Jesus tells in Matthew 13, and they cut right to the core of what it means to live as Jesus' disciples. Whether we come to faith unexpectedly, like the man who never went looking for treasure, or through a long restless search, like the merchant who has handled countless pearls but never found the right one, the destination is the same. Augustine's words echo here: our hearts are restless until they find their rest in God. This is not just a theological idea. It is something we feel, an echo from before the fall, a longing we cannot always name but cannot ignore.