Precious Treasure

Check out Riley’s custom designed hunk of bling. She was so excited when she came downstairs to show it off. She explained that she had taken an old Halloween ring, a shiny rock that she had found on the floor of an arcade on our vacation, and some Elmer’s glue and created this masterpiece. I had to show her how close her ring compared to the cool cocktail rings that are making a comeback.

I kind of find it charming that my kids collect trash. It makes me want to pull my hair out, but at the same time I think it is adorable that they can see worth in things I find worthless. I definitely would have trashed the items that made up this smashing new ring, ya know? And look at those items now, all shiny and pulled together and transformed into a precious treasure. All because Riley took a little time and looked at them in a different light.

Isn’t that what God does with us? He looks at all of our trash, all of our broken pieces and junk that appear worthless to the untrained eye and He sees it in a different light. If we are willing, He is ready to pull us together and bring out the shiny and beautiful that was always there. He is ready to show us we are a precious treasure. Oh, He is a master at that, if we will allow it.

Thank goodness He is a collector and transformer of junk, just like Riley.