Story..........Clay Balls
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 there
hidden treasures 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 !
Its like 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
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's them, then the clay begins
to peel away and the brilliant Jem
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 the bits of clay.. May we see
the people in our world as God see's them.
I am so blessed by the gems of
friendship in my life, And thank you
for looking beyone my clay vessel.
Appreciate every single thing you have,
especially your family and friends.
LIFE IS TOO SHORT AND TRUE
FRIENDS ARE TOO FEW.
GOD BLESS.
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 there
hidden treasures 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 !
Its like 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
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's them, then the clay begins
to peel away and the brilliant Jem
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 the bits of clay.. May we see
the people in our world as God see's them.
I am so blessed by the gems of
friendship in my life, And thank you
for looking beyone my clay vessel.
Appreciate every single thing you have,
especially your family and friends.
LIFE IS TOO SHORT AND TRUE
FRIENDS ARE TOO FEW.
GOD BLESS.
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