Diamonds of the Hope

If you watch cooking shows, you learn it’s not just about taste – presentation is important.  I’ve even heard it said, presentation is everything!  Arranged on a lovely plate, even a peanut butter and jelly sandwich can look extravagant!  Add a drizzle of honey and  … well, take a picture!

What about the presentation of Christ in us?  Billy Graham wrote we are to “stand out like sparkling diamonds against a dark velvet background.”  The Hope Diamond, a 45+ carat diamond, is showcased in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, DC.  Its size and beauty alone are amazing, but the 45-diamond lined chain and the 16 pear-shaped surrounding diamonds make this jewel one of the museum’s most popular attractions.  Imagine Christ on that kind of display in Believers’ lives: wholesome, courteous gracious, clean, holy, kind, unselfish, friendly, industrious, thoughtful, truest, loving.  Daniel 12:3 says, “Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.”   What a difference we are to be.  What a difference we are to make.  What a calling we have to display Christ in our world, wherever we are placed to shine.  We are truly diamonds of The Hope!

Dear Lord,

Perfect in me the image of Jesus Christ so It shines forth through me to a world lost in the darkness of sin.  In Jesus’ Name, Amen.