Diamonds Out Of Dust
A King was building a palace in another country. He ordered huge glass mirrors to hang on the walls but when the shipment arrived most of them were broken. He was so angry that he said to his servants, "Smash them
to smithereens and throw them away!" So they began smashing those huge glass mirrors.
As they were sweeping up all of the tiny pieces of glass to throw in the dumpster, one of the servants said to the king, "Oh, king, this stuff looks like diamonds! This stuff looks like diamonds!" As the king looked down on all those broken pieces, he had a divine thought. He had his servants pick up all those tiny pieces and they began to cement them all over the walls of the palace. When people came and began admiring the diamonds filling the walls of
his palace, the king would finally tell them, "What you are looking at is just tiny broken pieces of glass."
Though hidden, the broken and crushed in spirit are rising out of the dust and ashes of life. God is making diamonds out of dust this year. He's making diamonds out of us. This is the year for broken people to be healed and redeemed and our King will be decorating the walls of His palace with broken people who shine like diamonds in His Kingdom.
"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise." Psalm 51:17 (ESV)
"A bruised reed He will not break and a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice." Isaiah 42:3 (NASB)
