Photo Credit:
Mel Schockner
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West Texas juniper and mesquite - H 10" - 1984 Photo by Mel Schockner
Diamond Dipped in Clay
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I took a precious diamond and dipped it in the clay, knowing yet not knowing I'd regret the act someday; for alas the world has told me, "this is all the jewel is for; sure the clay looks dirty, but you have to try the door."
Pleasure's for a season, grief lasts on and on, guilt mixed with delusion, the purity is gone; a jewel so bright and precious, a priceless gift from God, as the clay lay drying became an earthen clod.
The value of a clump of soil can be squandered in a thought, and so I tossed the jewel around it's beauty I forgot; 'til light shone in my darkness, death's lies began to fade; the clay was chipped, a sparkle flew, I saw the error I'd made.
I sought at once to cleanse the mess my life had so become; the Lord showed me the good, the bad, the beauty from the scum. At last the job neared completion through a power not my own; I wept at wasted year's of dirt as the diamond brightly shone. |
