The woman who appeared on Antiques Roadshow couldn't tell and neither could the people who sold them to her at less than ten dollars a piece. One shiny thing at a yard sale is just as good another, right?
Actually, in this case, the shiny thing in the top row center was worth between five and seven thousand dollars and the double circle pin next to it would fetch a mere $25. Not all shiny things are created equal.
We could say the same thing about people. So often, we make value judgments about those who pass through our lives, marking some as diamonds and others as the equivalent of rhinestones - all fluff and no stuff. How many times have we missed the real deal?
The one who doesn't make mistakes is the God who sees us all as diamonds - even those who are pretty roughed up and unrecognizable. We'd like to think that some of us are more loved by God than others - particularly now when so much terror surrounds us. Surely God can't love them, can He? Certainly not as much as He loves us, anyway, right?
But yes, God does because Love is...well, Love. Love that isn't unconditional isn't Love, but an imperfect form of Love. God is perfection and, therefore, God is the Perfect Lover of all God created.
If just one person on the earth can say "I forgive" or "I love" in the most heinous of circumstances, then so can God. We know that there have been many such individuals who have been able to do so - some call them saints; some call them mom or dad. Surely neither can out-love God.
I am convinced that you are a diamond. Are you?
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