FriendBurst Blog

Always Look on the Inside

I remember reading a story once about a man

who was exploring some 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 up some clay

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, to pass the time,

he would throw the clay balls one at a time

out into the ocean as far as he could throw.

He thought little about it until he dropped

one of the 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 had tens of thousands,

but he just threw it all away.

You know sometimes, 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 hidden in every one of us.

We are wonderfully made.

Not just our physical bodies, our spiritual selves,

which are sometimes hidden from others

by the “earthen vessel.”

But if you take the time to get to know that person,

and if you ask the Spirit to show you that person

the way He sees them,

then the brilliant gem begins to shine forth.

We come to love, not by finding the perfect person,

but by learning & seeing an imperfect person, perfectly.

LOVE cannot be seen nor heard, it must be felt by the heart.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand,

nor the kindly smile,

nor the joy of companionship;

it is the spiritual inspiration that comes

to one when he discovers that someone else

believes in him and is willing to trust

him with friendship.

I am so blessed by the gems of friendship

that I have with each of you.

Love & Light,
♥Angel Love♥