I leaned over the brightly-lit glass casing at the jewelry counter to get a better look. The Pearl ring was so beautiful. It was shining under the light and I wanted one very much though I knew I couldn’t just buy one they were too expensive.

I leaned over the brightly-lit glass casing at the jewelry counter to get a better look. The Pearl ring was so beautiful. It was shining under the light and I wanted one very much though I knew I couldn’t just buy one they were too expensive.

The lady behind the counter asked if she could help me and I said “Oh, no I’m just looking, thanks”.

As I walked away I told Heidi that one-day I wanted to buy a beautiful Pearl ring.

Later on I wanted to learn a little more about these things that came from an Oyster.
I read this - Pearls come from an irritant that enters the shell of the Oyster like a grain of sand or bacteria of some kind as the Oyster tries to get rid of this irritant it produces, over a period of quite some time a beautiful pearl.

In my life I see how God seems to be leading me through things I don’t understand. Hard things I can’t deal with and things that I want to get rid of and move on with my life. My past had its hardships and as I look ahead I’m sure more hard times will come. Sometimes I turn a tear-streaked face toward heaven and ask Him why.

As I thought of this wonderful analogy of the pearl I realized God has an ultimate and really beautiful goal in mind for those who suffer hardships.
I see that every tear that streaks my face is another layer of the pearl He is forming in me.
God sends these hardships our way because He is making us into something beautiful, something costly, something others will look at in admiration and wonder someday, something that only comes through hardship and that’s the wonder and beauty of a - Pearl.

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