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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

treasure, wednesday

Wednesday, July 22

Opening Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you that you have placed your treasure within us, these broken clay jars, that your glory might shine through the cracks of our brokenness and reveal to the world your immeasurable beauty.  Amen.

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7

Journal: Where has God shown up in your brokenness lately?  Where has his treasure been evident in your “clay jar” life?  How?

Reflection:
 
     The contrast is pretty remarkable when you think about it; treasure in jars of clay.  I mean, who does that?  Who would put something of infinite value inside a container that is beaten, broken, and tattered?  I’ll tell you who.  God, that’s who!  Because somehow the beauty of the treasure becomes most evident when it shines through the cracks of our shattered and broken lives.  He can take the bruised, the battered, and the discarded people and things of this life and turn them into something that is amazingly beautiful once again—only because of the priceless treasure he puts within us.  That’s just the way he works.  He is the God who brings beauty from ashes, who brings life from death, who brings peace from chaos, and who brings wholeness from brokenness.  He is the God who turns ordinary fishermen into martyrs, who takes lepers and makes them clean, who takes prostitutes and makes them saints.  And I am so glad!  Aren’t you?

Prayers

Closing Prayer: Lord God, thank you that you care enough for us to place your treasure inside of us.  May people not see us, but the beauty of the treasure we hold.  Amen.

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