2 Corinthians 4:6-7
“For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”
I wonder why we recall the things we do. There was an event that took place almost fifty years ago. I cannot remember the name of the pastor or his wife, but I remember that they were both gracious and loving to all they met.
We had been invited to their home for a meal and the crowning touch was one of the wife’s homemade pies. As I recall it was a cream pie in a graham cracker crust. It looked so good that we could hardly wait to taste it.
The wife was stunned when she tried to cut the pie. For some reason the crust was so hard she could hardly cut it. She did not want to serve it, but we begged her to bring it on. She almost had to saw each piece out. We laughed as we crunched our way through. The filling was delightfully ― but, oh, that crust!
Sometimes we question why our earthen vessels are so crunchy and hard. When we do, we need to remind ourselves that it is not our crunchy crusts that matter, but the Jesus inside of us. He is the One who is sweeter than honey!
Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
– – – Pastor Cecil
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