Embrace Trials and Be Blessed!

The Pearls of Great Price. Credit to: www.CathayGems.com

"Consider it pure joy...whenever you face trials of many kinds." -James 1:2 (NIV)

It was a bright sunny day. Oysters were very happy and enjoying the wonderful day. But there was one oyster who was just alone by himself. He felt great pain in his body.

The other oysters seeing him alone called him to play with them.

The lonely oyster begged off because of the intense pain he is feeling in his body. He was in agony. He envied the other oysters, there were full of life and they were joyfully playing.

The lonely oyster was in deep pain. He felt a great weight over his body. He was crying. He just stayed in his little place.

His pain had swollen. He felt the swollen pain so hard and solid. But when the bright sunlight  shone on him, a spark was see. From his body radiated a dazzling light.

The other oysters who were then playing around noticed it. They became curious. Seeing the lonely oyster made them amused. They gathered around him to see and know where the dazzling light came from.

Behold, they saw a huge pearl!

Remember this; we may be in pain right now, but the tears, those pains, the swollenness are in the process of becoming a pearl.

Trials can be a source of blessings if we will learn to embrace them.

Prayer:

Lord, give me strength to embrace those pains and trials in my life. Bless me, O Lord. Amen.