once there was a sailor
who was alone and had no family
over time at sea he collected pearls
pearls from the bottom of the sea
he didn't have anyone
to give the pearls to as a gift
there wasn't anyone that he had met
who had made him feel pleased.
Alas, there was a little girl
that he met and he was pleased
the little girl wore a string of pearls
but they are pearls made of plastic
the sailor and the little girl became friends
although she was there only on vacation
when it was time for her to leave
the sailor decided and reached a decision
he offered the string of real pearls
to the girl who immediately became excited
these are real, and genuine pearls,
priceless and pure, one's hard work, invested.
but when he said "before I give you these,
give up the plastic pearls, give them to me"
the girl held onto the bogus pearls
and said, "They're mine! Don't take them away from me!"
funny when we fail to see
the real value of what is true
we hold on to material things
where our hopes and dreams are anchored to.
the fake pearls, they represent
our love for the world, our lust
may we wake up to the realization
they are second rate fun that don't last.
In our lives let us search ourselves
what are the things we hold on to?
do we even know that oftentimes
what we hold on to have no real value?
I think we need to do a "bogus pearl" check on ourselves every so often. You know, just to check. Maybe we're falling in love with the world again. Being a Christian doesn't make us exempt from the attractions of the world.
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sister,
ReplyDeleteyou're right - it is good to get reminders like these -to check if we are falling in love with the world again. We all struggle against the attractions of the world. Let us keep one another in prayer.
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