The Making of a Pearl
Lu Fullilove
(Texas, USA)
(Image by: Pixabay)
If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! - 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NRSV)
I recently saw a news segment reporting the discovery of the world’s largest pearl. For a pearl to form, an irritant — a parasite, fish scale, or some other bit of rubbish — makes its way inside a mollusk’s shell. The mollusk then secretes a substance that covers the irritant,...
Today's Prayer
Recreating God, help us to trust your transforming love to shape the pieces of our lives into something beautiful. As Jesus taught us, we pray, “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen” (Matt. 6:9-13, KJV). Amen.
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