In honor of completing the first two chapters and moving on to the third, I thought I would give you a taste of what the book entails. I understand the whole basis of a pearl may be a little cheesy, but the truth of God's Word makes this so valid and totally kills the cheesiness. There are not any Bible verses in this particular piece I chose to share, but it really is just a sum of what the book in its entirety entails. So let me know your thoughts and if you got anything out of this! I love feedback! :)
Pearls are the result of a process known as pearl
cultivation. Though they look beautiful, it takes a long time to develop a
genuine pearl. The beauty was not always a gorgeous piece of jewelry, but
rather a simple bother inside the mouth of a clam or other shelled creature.
Once the sand, laceration, or other bother is discovered, the clam begins the
process of healing. This, dear reader, is how a pearl is created. Genuine
pearls are rare and come from locations all over the world. They aren't even
all round or white. The largest pearl in the world takes the shape of the
inside of its clam! Some pearls are even brown, blue, or black. The whole
rainbow can be displayed via pearls if you search long enough.
That brings us to the next truth about a genuine pearl—you
have to go searching for it. Why? Because they are rare! However, people search
for them nonetheless, because they know that a genuine pearl is worth searching
for.
How does this relate to us as women in such a contaminated,
or sin-immersed, world? Sin is an inevitable part of our world, life, and
thoughts. However, it’s how you react to it that creates that pearl. There are
three aspects being portrayed here:
- Pearls are created via a process. We as women go through a process called life, meaning overwhelming joy—and inevitable hardship. How you react is what will either create a pearl, or create a deeper cut that can even lead to infection. How you react in response to life determines the true outcome of every situation you face.
- Pearls are worth searching for. Though facing problems can be extremely hard or very emotional, facing the process and fixing it will only shape and form you more. Yes, you must acknowledge you have a problem and know how to deal with it, which we will discuss later in this book, but acknowledgement is the beginning of the healing process. You cannot finish something, or further develop into a pearl, if you have not even started the process. Therefore, when you finally see the mess clear up and the pearl forming, you will realize that you are indeed worth searching for. You already are in God’s eyes before your problems are faced and fixed, but even though God loves you the way you are, He loves you too much to leave you that way. Why? Because He sees potential. He sees the end result, because He ultimately is the one who finishes—He’s just waiting on you to start! God sees the pearl. He sees you as worth searching for.
- Pearls are created when hardship abounds, and healthy action is taken in response to the situation. The pearl is formed only once the clam acknowledges the presence of the problem and identifies exactly where it is. The pearl is then created over time by the clam in place of the problem. I’ve heard it said that life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it. Basically, attitude is everything. Your reaction to a given situation will make or break you.
I encourage you to keep reading to discover what God has for
you, whether that be triumph through healing for you or a friend, empowerment
and newfound confidence in who God made you to be, or to understand your role as
a woman in this world today. My goal is to refresh women with the story of their
value and bring hope to the set of circumstances life has harshly handed them.
You can walk through the valley of the shadow of death and fear no evil. You
are God’s daughter—a daughter of Love Himself. This, daughter, is a book of how
healing from hurt creates beauty and unique, feminine strength.
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