A Christian Woman Thinks (And It's Dangerous)

Rock Tumbler

 Take a moment to remember today....

I was thinking the other day about how certain people can really get on your nerves. The bad news is, there will ALWAYS be someone who gets on your nerves. The good news is, I think life is SUPPOSED to be that way.

I'd like to take credit for this next thought, but I believe I heard it from a friend named June some time back and then filed it in my brain, where it became one of my own permanent thoughts - that thought is this: life is just one big rock tumbler.

Did you have a rock tumbler as a kid? You get a bunch of ugly, rough, dull rocks in the kit. You take these "unfinished" gems and put them in the tumbler. You put in the batteries, and the tumbler begins to turn round and round.

As it tumbles, the rocks dash against each other - over, and over, and over again. You know what this does. At the end of the tumbling cycle, the rocks come out beautifully polished, smooth and shiny. They are ready to be made into keychains and earrings and whatnot. They are finished.

I'm sure you can see the analogy here. Your "get on your nerves" friend is just another rock in the tumbler. God is turning the crank.... and He will turn it until all the rocks inside are finished, smooth & shiny. Then you can emerge, perfected, dashed and beaten but beautiful because of it.

I hope I'm rose quartz, I think that rock is really pretty.

I am resisting the urge to make this thought BIGGER - but I don't think it really needs to be expounded. It is a small thought that makes sense, don't you think?

By the way... it was about 57 degrees in the house this morning... no heat because we still have the roof ripped off! This week plywood flooring goes down- hope to have more photos this week to keep you updated on house progress. In the meantime, we will need some extra blankets!!!!!

Rock Tumbler

{ 08:37, Monday, September 11, 2006 } { Posted by sharps }

Hey we have one of those. It was a great activity for the kids....Kaleigh is big into rocks and minerals. Well I hope you and your rock work it out :) I hope I'm not the rock! See you later!

People Rocks

{ 11:12, Monday, September 11, 2006 } { Posted by Darcy }

It's so funny you wrote about this subject today. I think it was just yesterday that I told Sam that even if we moved to the most remote part of Alaska and thought we were totally isolated, SOMEHOW the ONE person who we couldn't STAND would find us there and move in! The point being, no matter where we go we always have to deal with PEOPLE. There may be a hundred people we could be around with no problem but it's the one that drives us crazy that would show up.

Here's something to add to the rock tumbler analogy. Have you ever listened to how loud those things are? We have had 2 of them and usually put them in a garage to tumble so we didn't have to listen to them. We "people rocks" can be the same way when we rub up against each other huh? Just a bit on the noisy side with our griping and complaining! Now that wasn't a real dangerous thought but I felt somehow very smart to think of it!

Good to read you today :)
Darcy