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. 

May we see the people in our world as God sees them. 
I am so blessed by the gems of friendship I have with each of you. 
Thank you for looking beyond my clay vessel. 

Content is taken from www.sparkpeople.com
Image has taken from www.artwis.com and it is edited.

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