Treasures amongst the rocks!

It never ceases to amaze me what kids can find as treasures in dirt or rocks!  As I watch four of our granddaughters play in the rocks and find "treasures"  I see rocks, dirt, sticks, nasty bugs and the like but our Brynnie, she sees golden rocks, little miniature agates that are within that wild bed of stuff, even a worm is a treasure to her.

It got me thinking just now.  I see all the yuck of my life,  my inner life I mean, and the Lord, because of Jesus in me, sees treasures.  I know He doesn't ignore the yucky things (the bugs and worms) but He somehow draws out the golden treasures and makes them pure while working on those things.  I will never understand it and the longer I walk with Him the less I think I understand and the less arrogant about any understanding I DO have, I become.  I'm so glad that He isn't limited by my understanding or I would truly be lost.  Which reminds me of this scripture:

Isaiah 55
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.  

Oh Lord, thank you for Your unending mercy!  Help me to understand your Word better and walk in Your ways and abide in Your vine.  


On to other things now:  Last year I got a wild hair (among the thousands that I got) to make my own makeup from ingredients I had spied in the Glory Bee Catalogue.  My amazing and tolerant hubby agreed to let me try it and off we went!  Our daughter Kaylee helped me mix some up and I have been using the most awesome mineral makeup the past year.  Before that I was in the Bare Minerals club, which was and is a really great company and product, but if I can find a way to do something myself, I will at least try.  In this case, the product was as good as that so I was/am so happy!  As I shared with friends and family there has been some serious interest in making some for them so at some point when I get brave and smart enough for a website I will get that going.  This morning I even took some of my lotion and added some of my powder to it and experimented on my own face...LOVE!  I won't be replacing the powder since it's so easy but it's nice to know that it will work with lotion to make a cream makeup also.  I also made my own blush the other day, what a beautiful shade of pink I got and it looks lovely on my cheekiness!   I am excited by the possibilities but also nervous since I have no idea how to do anything like a web based business.  Guess it's time to learn!  

Wish me Luck and pray while you are at it!