Shimmer and Glow

This is mica.  A rock.  A plain old rock.  It peels away in layers, each layer is paper thin and slightly iridescent.  Its really quite beautiful.  But if you take those simple layers and add a little pressure, you make something that every woman covets.  Sparkle!  This simple rock changes into glittery beauty. 

The Lord began speaking to me about "shiny" yesterday.  He sometimes shows me who He sees as "shiny", I get the privilege of telling these wonderful people.  I adore telling people how God sees them, pouring identity and destiny into lives.  We are like these rocks.  Plain, layered, and once we let God get a hold of us, He turns it into this beautiful glimmer that will catch the eye of the searching, the hurting, the world. 

They may not even be looking for anything, but when you see something shining so bright, you look.  We need to be able to see ourselves as God does.  We each have a specific identity, uses, gifts; its our responsibility to allow God to change those characteristics from layered rock into shiny glimmer for all the world to see our God. 

Are you afraid of being so attractive?  Joshua 2:24 They said to Joshua, “Surely the Lord has given all the land into our hands; moreover, all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before us.”  Some rocks change into glitter, others melt away and flow like magma.  Its really God's job to transform the rocks, but we must be willing and obedient to shine.  I really don't want to just melt away. 

Do not be ashamed of what God made you to be.  Shine!
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