JULY, 2000 "You Are A Jewel"

Love Lesson -(July, 2000)

This month I want to share a poem with you that I wrote in 1988. It is the story of my life and how God came into my life to show me His love. It is my desire that as you read this you will hear Him saying to you that He loves you and thinks you are special.

As a matter of fact, He says in the Bible that you are so precious to Him that He adorns Himself with you like jewels in a crown. (Zechariah 9:16 "They will sparkle in His land like jewels in a crown.")

He also wants you to know that He sees the afflictions that you have suffered and He wants to take those and turn them into beauty. (Isaiah 54:11-12 "O afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will build you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with sapphires. I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.")

Oh, won't you let Him? Listen now as He tells you….

YOU ARE A JEWEL

I didn't feel good about my life,
My days were so long and drawn out;
I would work and worry about many things;
The purpose of which I hadn't found out.

No matter how many great things I did,
Or didn't do everyday;
I would look at myself and feel so bad,
I wouldn't know what to say.

Oh, some days were good and some days were bad,
But I never could be sure;
To me, life was a roller coaster;
Nothing was secure.

I finally listened to a friend,
And went to the God she knew;
There in that quiet time with Him;
I heard His voice break through.

It was full of love and kindness and peace,
Compassion, joy and acceptance;
He had been waiting a long, long time,
For me to come into His presence.

You're a jewel," God said. "You are a diamond.
You're worth the life of My Son to Me.
I made you the way you are,
Oh, can't you see? Can't you see?"

"Oh hear Me, child,
These words are true.
Listen, listen…
As I tell them to you."

"You are a jewel. You are a diamond.
You're worth the life of My Son to Me.
I died for you. I rose again.
Because of My love, now you see."

It's hard to believe when you look at yourself,
And you don't see a diamond or a jewel;
When all you see are the edges that are rough,
And a life that seems so cruel.

But God wants you to know that all you must do,
Is come unto Him today;
And as you come, that dirt in your life,
Will all be cleared away.

He will cleanse you with His blood,
And polish you with His Spirit;
The toughness of heart will soon melt away,
And His voice, you'll be able to hear it.

And then as you grow, you too will know,
That God orders the events of your day;
To make it possible for you to believe,
And to hear His mighty voice say…

"You are a jewel. You are a diamond.
You're worth the life of My Son to Me.
I made you the way you are,
Oh, can't you see? Can't you see?"

"Oh, hear Me, child,
These words are true.
Listen, listen…
As I tell them to you."

You are a jewel. You are a diamond.
You're worth the life of My Son, to Me.
I died for you. I rose again.
Because of My love, now you see."

-Patty Paquette

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