Friday, April 4, 2008

Where My Treasure Is....

On Wednesday, March 26th, I arrived at church and was greeted by a nine year old boy who handed me his electric guitar and asked me if I could tune it. That I did, along with my own (acoustic model) and zipped everything up, returned his guitar to his room, and made a trip out to the van for a reason that escapes me. I got into my "trunk" and when I closed the door and looked at my left ring finger, I was shocked to discover that there was a hole in the place where my diamond should be!!! I've had that diamond for 15 1/2 years and never had a problem with the setting. Granted, it was a teeny tiny diamond, but it was mine, and now it's gone. I told some of my friends who were wandering the halls, but we searched in vain. It is nowhere to be found, and it would be a miracle if it were to ever be found. I joked that it would just look like a little sequin sparkling in the carpet. Well, at this point in our lives due to a variety of difficult circumstances, we just can't afford to replace it, plus it will never be the same one, so now I walk around with a simple gold band and no diamond. I am very disappointed about it, but it got me to thinking where my real treasure is---and it certainly is not in that ring. I have my sweet husband and children, my family, and friends who love me unconditionally. God has been a faithful, loving Father to me and I am so grateful for His patience and mercy. My true treasure is not in the things I own (and I'm so glad....)but in the wonderful relationships I have in my life. Every person God has strategically placed in my life is for my good, and I am so glad! We aren't to "store up for ourselves treasures here on earth" anyway. This situation helped me to stand back and examine if I am being a treasure to those God has placed in my life, and also to be grateful for the treasures He has given me while I am here. I think I often complain too much and don't see my "treasures" through His eyes. How should we treat our treasures? If we had a $10,000 diamond, we wouldn't drag it through the mud, knock it around and mistreat it. We would keep it cleaned and treat it with great care. We would be proud to claim possesion of it. In the same way we must treat our real "treasures" with great care. Lord, help me to see Your precious gifts to me with Your eyes!

2 comments:

nikki said...

What a sweet note. What a lesson! We had a very similar occurence our first year of marriage. I had an accident one morning --fell down the last three steps from our second floor apartment-- and only noticed my (small, too) diamond was missing later in the day. We prayed and prayed and Scott bought a powerful shop vac to suck up everything in my path on that day... only to find it months later in a just-out-of-the-way portion of carpet next to our closet door jamb.
Funny how you invited me to read this one!!! I can so relate.

DONNA said...

SO SORRY TO HEAR YOU LOST YOUR DIAMOND. BUT SO VERY HAPPY FOR YOU THAT YOU FOUND SOMETHING MORE RARE AND PRECIOUS THAN ANY METAL OR GEM. I AM SURE THERE IS SOME POSSESSION OF MINE THAT I SUBCONSCIOUSLY ATTACHED TO BUT OTHER THAN FAMILY PHOTOS EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE (NON-HUMAN) CAN BE REMOVED, SOME COULD BE REPLACED SOME WOULDN'T NEED REPLACED AT ALL. I WOULD COULD START OVER FROM SCRATCH AS LONG AS I HAVE MY FAMILY. THE ONLY REASON I HAVE HELD ON TO ANYTHING I HAVE HAD FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME IS I AM TOO CHEAP TO BUY SOMETHING NEW. AND THE ONLY REASON I HAVE SO MANY POSSESSIONS IS BECAUSE I GET ALOT OF HAND ME DOWNS. ANYHOW NOW THAT YOU KNOW THE SECRET TO LIFE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RELAX AND ENJOY IT.