I’m linking up at The Gypsy Mama for Five Minute Friday.
Oyster pearl © by Anna
Currently there are crumbs on my kitchen counter. I clean them but they come back again. There is dirt on my floors, I sweep and sweep and yet it seems that some grit always remains. It seems this is a never-ending cycle. Finding the dirt, wiping, cleaning, and repeat.
Pearls form when a little grit gets caught in an oyster. The oyster tries with all its might to remove the grit but as it does, instead it forms a valuable pearl.
Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven was like a merchant looking for pearls. Perhaps this means that a little grit is required as we store up treasures for ourselves in heaven. A little suffering, a little unrest, a little patience. A little dirt is essential to turn us into something beautiful and valuable. We are the mushy muscular formless oyster in its hard shell stuck between a rock and a hard place trying to get rid of the grit, but while we do so, a treasure takes shape.
Think of all the cycles of suffering you’ve gone through, each one formed a crown jewel for Heaven. And then another struggle began. Perhaps we need a little grit, a little never-ending cycle, in our lives to turn us into men and women who look more and more like Him, the true Jewel.
So I will sweep my floor and wipe the counters knowing that every single thing I do and every little piece of grit has eternal purpose. Join me, won’t you?
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