One of the dumbest things I've EVER done occurred yesterday in my front yard!! Mom lost her earring while riding her mower, so in order to help her out, I placed MY diamond earring in the grass in the front yard to see if a metal detector would pick it up.....it wouldn't, and now my earring is gone, too!! Yes, a woman w/ 33 yrs of life experience and a master's degree did this! 7 hours I crawled around in grass w/ scissors and forks digging, searching, combing for the lost earring. Blisters on my hands, sores on my knees....I think I give up! I can't believe that I KNOW it's out there and I can't find it. Isn't life like that sometimes? We spend so much time looking for something that we just know is out there.....something that will make us happy and satisfied.....but we're just looking in all the wrong places. My last hope is a super sensitive metal detector...something that will guide me, w/ precision to the thing I'm looking for. God's word is like that in our lives; it holds the answers to our questions, but so often we won't even consult Him....we think that our own search will yield more fruit! So, really, I guess yesterday's earring fiasco wasn't truly the dumbest thing I've ever done--I've gone on many quests over the years w/o good direction! Maybe it says something about my priorities, too. Would I spend 7 hrs searching through God's words or in prayer about a problem or concern in my life?
beautiful: God considers me a diamond and searched for me until He found me!
Good: Good that it was my earring and not my wedding ring
beautiful: God considers me a diamond and searched for me until He found me!
Good: Good that it was my earring and not my wedding ring
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