Many years ago, while visiting
the Museum of Natural History in New York
I saw the gemstone exhibit
and was astonished to see the beauty within
what seemed to be very ordinary rocks.
That visit inspired the following poem...
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| Photo credit: pinterest.com.au |
ORDINARY ROCKS
We see every kind
everywhere every day,
ordinary rocks...
pebbles, stones, boulders,
fossil, shale, gravel,
gray, brown, black,
russet, rose, ecru,
speckled, smooth,
flat, jagged, oval,
dull, dirty,
glittery
rocks
so ordinary
we hardly notice them at all
unless we stumble over one
in the path along our way.
God could’ve made all rocks
ordinary,
but instead
He astounds us
with fiery magnificence.
Inside of some
He put emeralds,
amethysts, opals,
diamonds,
star sapphires,
blood-red rubies.
He dazzles us
with extraordinary treasures
inside ordinary earthy rocks,
like the Unsurpassable Treasure
He longs to put
within our ordinary earthy selves.
Maude Carolan
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| Photo credit: earthygems.com |
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