Jewels From the Heart

Rebekah Montgomery, Author/Speaker
www.rebekahmontgomery.com

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“They shall be mine,” says the LORD of hosts, “in that day when I make up my jewels: and I will spare them as a man spares his own son that serves him.”

Malachi 3:17

 

When my oldest son was very young, he had some tiddlywinks he thought were beautiful. An inventive lad, he strung them together with masking tape to make “jewelry” for me. His blue eyes shining with love, he presented them.

The next Sunday morning, he proudly took my hand as we walked into church together. Here was his mommy, wearing tiddlywinks taped to her earlobes, around her neck, and across her wrist.

Ask any mother who ever wore a Fruit Loop — or tiddlywink — necklace; gifts of the heart are the most precious of all jewels.

What do you give a Person who paves street with gold? Who owns the cattle on a thousand hills? Who creates anything He wishes out of His word? What it is doesn’t matter what you give Him as much as what it represents.

Remember the poor woman Jesus observed offering two pennies? Her two pennies meant more to God that lavish gifts because it was all she had.

Whatever you give to the Lord, be sure that it is the best you have because He’ll remember it forever.

© Rebekah Montgomery 2008