Crown Jewels

I never related to the jazz song from “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” which Carol Channing made famous, “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend.” I don’t like diamonds.

To me, diamonds are bland. They lack the color, fire, and passion of other stones. I don’t wear jewelry at all, but if I did—I would not wear diamonds. That being said, my life is full of diamonds that flash with fire and passion.

All the crown jewels of the Kingdom greet my feet.

On every walk with Savannah, on every drive around the neighborhood, I discover new diamonds. This spring more than ever before in my life I’ve been aware of the beauty God spreads around us like a lovely tapestry. The intricate design and care in each flower bloom. The artistry in each petal and stem. Diamonds of all colors, sizes, and shapes.

Diamonds that belong to everyone regardless of wealth or poverty.

“God has made everything beautiful in its time.” Ecclesiastes 3:11.

Not all diamonds are rocks.

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Beautiful Tree

tree after storms

This is a beautiful tree. It speaks. Look at it intently and listen to it whisper, “endurance.”

Poets memorialize heart-tugging moments in life. Authors, painters, and artists of all media catch fleeting moments of life and expound on them. One word whispers through all the art forms, through all the ages. The same word the tree whispers into the wind, “endurance.”

“All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades…surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.” Isaiah 40:7. Even seaweed blooms, but, oh, so briefly.

It’s God’s job to send the sun and the rain to create blooms. Our job is to endure.

seaweed blooms