Diamonds in the Rough
Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows (Luke 12:7).
I wonder what God sees as He walks around you.
I’m sure He sees beautiful things in you, but you are believing what other people are saying. People say: “You are no good. You’ll never be somebody.” But God is saying: “I see a jewel.” We are diamonds in the rough. Just keep on believing that. Keep on moving forward to your goal. Remember that there is something in you more precious than what others have said about you. The sculptor never gives up until he gets out of the rock what he sees.
I have a sculpture in my home that isn’t what I intended it to be because as I was chiseling, part of it was knocked off by too much pressure. Consequently, I could no longer create the image I had intended. So I walked around it thinking, “I’ve gotta change my concept a little.” I had to rethink how to retain the beauty of the sculpture though I had lost an important part of the wood.
“God can bring beauty out of your mistakes.”
Eventually, I modified my design. But I am the only person who knows that. People have admired that piece of wood saying, “Wow! This is beautiful.” And I never tell them that what they see is not what they were originally supposed to see.
That piece of sculpture sitting in my home reminds me of your life and mine. Parts of our lives have been knocked off by our past. We’ve done some dumb things that have messed up the beauty God intended. But look what God has done. He’s saved us. Instead of discarding us because we have not turned out like He intended us to be, He has taken us—including our marred and chipped and rusted and knocked off past—and formed us into something beautiful.
When people look at you and think you are the best thing that ever came down the pike, don’t tell them what you used to be. Just say, “Thank you very much. The Chief Sculptor had His hands on me.”
