Pearls are created in oysters due to an irritant, usually a grain of sand. Grit. Pearls are the outcome of struggle. They are rare and priceless, unique and treasured. They are a product of irritation and are created as defense against something that is hard, something that doesn’t belong.

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A pearl is a product of suffering. It is a healed wound.  And it takes perseverance and grit to produce anything.

 

Life is filled with struggle. But it’s not wasted hardship and trials. Our struggle is irritating and annoying, sometimes it’s heartbreaking and horrible, but it’s producing something good within us.

 

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.” {Matthew 13:45-46}

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We can’t enjoy a pearl inside an oyster without a great price being paid. Oysters must die to give up their priceless creation, something precious we treasure.

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I don’t know what you’re struggle is today or what it will be tomorrow.  Struggle is a part of living, but when we know we are producing something good, it helps us through it.

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So, put your pearls on, and thank God in the midst of it.

Something good is coming !      Lisa Hunter