The other day I ask my husband a off the wall question…..”Honey, how do oysters make their pearls????” well he quickly informed me he had no ideal. So I set out determined to figure this one out. So I grabbed my iPad and began to soak in all the information as possible. However one single phrase hit me…….When irritations get into an oysters’ shell that is the beginning of the process of a rare and beautiful pearl.” My oh my……Irritations….. irritations begin the extraordinary process.
Well excuse me but that just makes me want to do a HAPPY DANCE………..
Well just think………In our daily Christian lives we deal with so many irritants……am I right or am I right??? Sickness, pain, heartbreak, abandonment issues, divorce, death, depression, a broken friendship, disappointments, financial hardships…..etc……. and then think that the irritants that are plaguing our lives are just creating God given pearls. WOW!!!!!!! Pearls for Jesus’ Glory!!!!!! There are so many people today that are just completely bombarded on all sides with one trial after another. One prosecution after another, One sickness after another. Many of my friends are fighting the battle of depression today. Some are suffering the loss of a loved one. Some of my friends, as I, are facing the battle of the pain, the heartbreak of wayward children. But that moment…..yes that very moment my heart start shouting…..PEARLS…….PEARLS……..

Every single thing we go through has a reason, but the biggest reason that we should never forget is that we are going through all this to become a PEARL for JESUS!!!!! It is all for his glory. It is all for his kingdom. (2 Tim. 2:3) says we will endure hardships….and yes some of us more than others. But we need to understand that these irritants, these hardships are just in our lives to benefit our growth, to strengthen us, to refine us, to witness to others about God’s faithfulness, to humble us … and to make us into the Pearl that God already knows our lives can be.

Heavenly Father, If there is one thing I have learned is that a Christian life is not easy and that it is filled with irritants. However Lord I have also learned that through every single irritant that I have had to endure I can actually look back and see that I have become stronger in you, I have become braver and more courageous on the battlefield, I have grown spiritually, I have learned to worship you wholeheartedly, I have learned to trust you even through the darkest times, I have learn to just sit back and rest in you, I have learned that all these irritants are just the beginning of your work to make me a Pearl for your Glory!!!!! I thank you, I truly thank you for loving me this much….

In Jesus Name,
Amen