MESSAGE FROM THE REV. DAVID C. SEYLE
When I am working on a sermon, I copy ideas and stories that I think will make good illustrations and put them into a folder. Sometimes I end up with a folder full, sometimes not. I was looking through the folder for my most recent sermon, and I found an item about dirt and stones. Although it did not fit into the sermon, I think it is too good to keep hidden in the sermon file:
“Fallen human beings lie in the dirt – yet they are precious stones. A diamond that lies in the dirt cannot glitter. But because it is a jewel, it cannot be spoiled by the dirt. It can be picked up and polished again and sparkle as before. Therefore, when you encounter those who are lying in the dirt, don’t think that they are rotten. It is a crime against God’s love to think of anybody as being lost or bad. What God has created is never lost.”
-Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt
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