Clay Balls.
A man was exploring caves by the Seashore.
In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened
clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them
out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they
intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As
he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a
time out into the ocean as far as he could.
He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls
and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious
stone!
Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls.
Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars
worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left.
Then it struck him.He had been on the beach a long time. He had
thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure
into the ocean waves. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure,
he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown
it away!
It's like that with people.. We look at someone, maybe even
ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel. It doesn't look like
much from the outside. It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we
discount it.
We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or
stylish or well known or wealthy. But we have not taken the time to
find the treasure hidden inside that person..
There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time
to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person
the way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the
brilliant gem begins to shine forth.
May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have
thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in
bits of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them.
I am so blessed by the gems of friendship I have with you. Thankyou
for looking beyond my
clay vessel.
APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE
THING YOU HAVE, ESPECIALLY YOUR FAMILY & FRIENDS!
LIFE IS TOO SHORT AND TRUE FRIENDS ARE TOO FEW!
Pass this on to another Clay Ball!!!
Do not ask the Lord to Guide your Footsteps if you are not willing
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