I have a jacket that I keep at school for recess duty. It’s not my best jacket, but it is the
warmest and it gets COLD out there!
Several years ago, I had a little boy in my classroom who loved
nature. He loved finding things and had
so much knowledge about animals and “outdoorsy” things. He could see beauty in things I couldn’t…things
like snakes and frogs and toads, OH MY! Lol
Anyways, one day at recess he came over
to me with a handful of small pebbles or rocks from our playground. He was so excited about the treasures he had
in his little dirt covered hands! He was
very animated in telling me about the rocks, how hard and how far he had to
dig, and asking which one was my favorite.
I chose 2 favorites: one that was
white and a little glittery (imagine that…I picked the glitter! J) and
one that was a pretty shade of green and really smooth, but yet jagged. He eagerly handed me the rocks…giving me his
treasure to keep for my own. I put the
rocks in my pocket and went on with recess.
To any other
kid on the playground they were just rocks.
To me, they were just rocks. But
to that sweet little boy, they were small treasures, rewards from his hard work
of searching and digging. I like to
think that we are Jesus’ little rocks. To
the world, I’m just another girl. You
are just another man or woman. There are
millions more like us in the world. But
when God looks down, He doesn’t see our simplicity. He sees His treasures. He takes a closer look and sees the
jaggedness, notices the glitter, and dusts some of us off. If we are serving Him, our lives are the
rewards of His hard work: dying on the
cross. He may have to do some searching
and digging to find us, but He knows we’re there.
Those little rocks have been in my recess jacket pocket now
for 5 years and that little boy is growing up.
But the thought of his little dirt covered hand holding those treasures,
and the way I felt God speak to me in that moment will stay forever!
“As
you come to him, the living stone—rejected
by humans but chosen by God and precious to him…”
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Peter 2:4 NIV
