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Friday, May 18, 2012

CAROL'S GEMS: TREASURE HUNTING


“Carol’s Gems” is a glitter-loving gal’s way to find a place on a geologists’ blog site. This begins a year-long series that focuses on the birth stone for each month of the calendar and how they remind us of Jesus. It is a cross-posting with my Christian Writer colleague, Chris Vonada. Please visit him at: www.ChrisVonada.com

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When God created Earth, He filled it with beauty. Mountains, plains, oceans, lakes, rivers, creeks, ponds and puddles. The cloud-filled sky. The grass, trees, flowers, critters. All reflect God’s beauty
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But when God finished covering the Earth's surface with beauty, He still had lots of beauty left. So He hid some deep inside the earth.

Mankind digs into God's rich soil. Underneath the beauty at the surface of our earth, past the wiggly worms, gnarly roots and crumbly dirt, are sparkling, glittering treasures. We dig them up, dust them off and hold them to the light, exclaiming, "Beautiful!"

And we call them "precious."

We name those treasures diamond, sapphire, emerald, ruby. They are a reflection of God's glorious, excessive beauty.

Matthew 13:44 recounts Jesus' parable of the man who found a treasure in the ground. The man covered it back up and sold everything he owned. He then bought the land so the treasure could be his.

The treasure in Jesus’ parable was the Gospel, the priceless good news of our salvation through Christ.  

When I think of gemstones, I am reminded that God has placed His beauty all around me. It is in nature, in people, in God’s Word. Sometimes, His beauty requires us to dig. But when we find it, it is a sparkling, glittering, precious delight. And it is worth the seeking.

Hidden treasures also remind us that God has placed a sparkling, precious delight inside each of us. With God’s help we can dig through the dirt, past the worms and the roots and find it—our desire to know and love Him. And to become the people He means us to be.

God can dust this treasure off and hold it up to the light. Our obedience is a delight to Him. Our faith is a sparkling, faceted radiance, shining God's glory to the world.

It is worth the digging.

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, thank you for your glory and for the reminders of your beauty around us. Please work in us so that we are a delight to you. Help us seek your treasure above all else. Amen.

WHAT ABOUT YOU? What treasures in your life do you see as God's sparkling delights?


The series, “Carol’s Gems” begins next month with the June birthstone: the pearl and how it reminds us of Jesus.

3 comments:

chris said...

The treasures that I have in my life are the beautiful people that I get to spend time with... I love being around others and sharing this wonderful life that we have here, so very blessed and thankful !!

Pam B. said...

Chris is right, family and friends are the gems in my life.

From Carols Quill said...

@ Chris and Pam - so are friends! Thanks friends.