GOD’S DIAMONDS...Tuesday

5/26/15

Today I drove out to a town in the San Joaquin  Valley about an hour away. It is not the most picturesque location I have been to. Travelling along a busy highway through a string small cities is not a trip through a national park. Still as I was riding home I was thinking about what to write for tomorrow's devotional. The poem below came to mind.  The name of it is "God's Diamonds." I told myself that I could use this poem as a devotional for Tuesday. 

When I was driving home the sun was low in the sky and the light shone in the golden way that it does before sunset. As I turned toward home I went up a hilly area called the Altamont. The afore mentioned golden light shone and made an area of dried grass and wind mills look incredible. The fact is that God shines His light on things that are less than beautiful they become beautiful.They become God's Diamonds, and there is a lot to learn about them and God's work. That works in nature and people (even people from those unremarkable cities ) as well.  Everything takes on an amazing beauty when God shines his light on it.   

Here is the poem... "God's Diamonds"...                                

  

Looking at the leaves

Roses not blooming just yet

Colored rust and green.

Early morning sun

Shining down on the garden

Mottled shade and sun.

Suddenly I see

Diamonds shining everywhere.

Where do they come from.

They’re a gift of God

Delightful and beautiful

Dew drops on each leaf.

And then I notice

The leaves are rimmed with small spikes

Edges scalloped points.

It comes to my mind

That life gives challenge too

Spikes to climb over.

But it’s when we climb

If we will learn His lessons

God’s diamonds are won.

Written by

Corinne Mustafa