Psalm 139:17-18
How precious to me are your thoughts, says God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you.
In preparation for Spring and outdoor living, I was carefully rearranging some of my treasured, unique pieces of driftwood that were on our back porch. Even after many years some pieces of driftwood continue to carry hidden grains of sand. Changing the position of the driftwood quickly reveals this fact.
Anyway, I'm not sure when it occurred, but all it took was one grain of sand getting into my eye to remind me.......ALL day long about the importance of and the lessons in life associated with just one grain of sand.
A tiny, boring, insignificant grain of sand...
..became a total nuisance! It later was
a reminder of so much more.
Put all of the individual, uniquely different, tiny grains of sand together.....you will have gazed upon something magnificent. You will observe the beauty of a beach, or the wonder of the desert. Crystal, glass and more..... beauty. Place the sand in the mouth of an oyster and a beautiful, amazing pearl will begin to form. A miracle.
What about the little grains of sand in our lives that form "pearls"? The seemingly insignificant, tiny, often unnoticed things of our lives that are actually building blocks of greater things.
Here are some little grains of sand to help you get started....
**Have you ever stopped and understood the impact of saying grace before eating a meal?
For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with gratitude; for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer".
1 Timothy 4:4-5
**Another little grain of sand of life with a huge impact I feel is Sunday School. It is rare to find churches that honor this sacred tradition but if you are a person who attended Sunday School in the past, or still do, you absolutely understand the need for it's restoration.
These are examples of some things that together, begin to form "pearls". Tiny and seemingly insignificant, but are of "great price".
Matthew 13:45-46
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it".
Years later, the moments will come together and the picture will fit, revealing God and all of His beauty.
