Island Dreams [clay balls ]

Island Dreams
[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 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 crack open on the 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 30 or so clay balls he had left. Then it struck him .

He had been on the beach a long time . He had throw maybe even 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves . Instead of thousand of dollars in treasure , he could have taken home tens of thousands but he had just throw it away !

It’s like that with people . We look at someone , maybe even ourselves. 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 everyone 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 see 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 see them .

It am so blessed by the gems of friendship .I have with each of you .
Thank you for looking beyond my clay vessel