Date:   9/29/2006 6:50:26 PM ( 18 y ago)
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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.
> ay we see the people in our world as God sees them!.
>




 

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