Layers of Beauty Inside of You

Do you know how a pearl is formed? What a powerful metaphor for you and me to meditate on today! I sense the Holy Spirit on its imagery, drawing our attention to a new aspect of it.

It all begins with a grain of sand getting inside of a clam, causing irritation. To protect its tender inner tissue, the clam emits a substance that forms a soothing layer around the irritant. It keeps on adding layers of this substance until, in the end, a pearl is created. Grit becomes beauty. Irritation becomes loveliness.

What I sense the Holy Spirit specifically highlighting about this is Continue reading Layers of Beauty Inside of You