As I sat and painted my nails a pearly pink color on the
floor in my bedroom this evening I started thinking about my testimony. I recently went to a gathering where young
students shared their testimony which made me think…what IS my testimony? How would I put it into words? Do I even have a testimony to share? Well I quickly realized YES everyone has a
testimony, all unique to them and the life God has blessed them with. SO… what was mine? Then as I painted my nails the pearly pink
color I heard God saying…I’m making you a pearl you know… and that’s what your
testimony is. Hah it was actually kind
of humorous, God works and speaks through all things…I’ve always had an
obsession with pearls and anyone who knows me well, knows I wear them almost
every day.
So, I started thinking about pearls and did a quick google check about them. Here’s what I learned…pearls are special because they’re pretty and rare stones. They are formed when a foreign object like dirt or a stray piece of something like food gets inside the shell of an oyster by mistake. To protect itself the oyster covers the object with the same stuff its shell is made of. The oyster continues to cover the object with multiple layers of this mineral until eventually a pearl forms. I realized this is my testimony…in short words of course. I was dirt, a stray foreign sinful object that entered the presence of God. I formed a relationship with Him and couldn’t leave, He was too good to me…God protected and still protects me. Everyday His mercies are new. He didn’t spit me out…He knew He was/is creating something beautiful. Yes I entered as dirt and unworthy, but God covered me with His grace and love. He didn’t leave me as I was. He continually covers me with His character and love. Each day He covers me as I allow the Holy Spirit to take over my life. I become more and more like Him just like the oyster protects and covers the speck of dirt with the mineral that makes it form into the same stuff the oyster is made of.
The process for a pearl to form takes a LONG time but each day the speck of dirt is becoming more beautiful. It had no idea it would turn into something so rare and precious but as time goes by it starts to realize its worth. When I first found Jesus I didn’t know I could ever be of worth compared to Him….the funny thing is God knew then when I first entered a relationship with Him what he had planned for me. He knew all along his plan for me to make me into something beautiful…something rare and precious…holy and pleasing to Him. Yes I have a very long way to go but I know that He will continue to cover me in His likeness until I become a pearl so to say… my testimony is that of a pearl. I didn’t think I was worth it, I didn’t think I could be beautiful or enough, but when God got a hold of me and I surrendered my all to Him, he started the process of creating me into the precious rare pearl of Christ he always knew I’d be. Sometimes I admit it is hard to look at myself and not see the speck of dirt, but I am continually learning to look through God’s eyes at how beautiful and precious I am in His sight. When Christ comes back I will be His pearl along with every other believer who allows God to refine them into his rare and precious plan.
So, I started thinking about pearls and did a quick google check about them. Here’s what I learned…pearls are special because they’re pretty and rare stones. They are formed when a foreign object like dirt or a stray piece of something like food gets inside the shell of an oyster by mistake. To protect itself the oyster covers the object with the same stuff its shell is made of. The oyster continues to cover the object with multiple layers of this mineral until eventually a pearl forms. I realized this is my testimony…in short words of course. I was dirt, a stray foreign sinful object that entered the presence of God. I formed a relationship with Him and couldn’t leave, He was too good to me…God protected and still protects me. Everyday His mercies are new. He didn’t spit me out…He knew He was/is creating something beautiful. Yes I entered as dirt and unworthy, but God covered me with His grace and love. He didn’t leave me as I was. He continually covers me with His character and love. Each day He covers me as I allow the Holy Spirit to take over my life. I become more and more like Him just like the oyster protects and covers the speck of dirt with the mineral that makes it form into the same stuff the oyster is made of.
The process for a pearl to form takes a LONG time but each day the speck of dirt is becoming more beautiful. It had no idea it would turn into something so rare and precious but as time goes by it starts to realize its worth. When I first found Jesus I didn’t know I could ever be of worth compared to Him….the funny thing is God knew then when I first entered a relationship with Him what he had planned for me. He knew all along his plan for me to make me into something beautiful…something rare and precious…holy and pleasing to Him. Yes I have a very long way to go but I know that He will continue to cover me in His likeness until I become a pearl so to say… my testimony is that of a pearl. I didn’t think I was worth it, I didn’t think I could be beautiful or enough, but when God got a hold of me and I surrendered my all to Him, he started the process of creating me into the precious rare pearl of Christ he always knew I’d be. Sometimes I admit it is hard to look at myself and not see the speck of dirt, but I am continually learning to look through God’s eyes at how beautiful and precious I am in His sight. When Christ comes back I will be His pearl along with every other believer who allows God to refine them into his rare and precious plan.
