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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 each 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 [and ourselves for that matter] as God would.
Author Unknown
HANDOUT IDEA: You could make
some clay balls and put a small treasure inside. The treasure could be little
candies, jewels or a coin there are so many different things you could use. Put
the clay balls into a baggie with a copy of the story.
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