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| A man was exploring caves by the seashore when he found a bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had 1 the balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they 2 the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he walked along the beach, he 3 the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it 4 he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open (裂开) on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! 5 , the man started breaking open the 6 balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars 7 of jewels in the 20 or so leftover ones. Then it 8 him. He'd been on the beach a long time, throwing maybe 50 or 60 of the balls, with their hidden treasure, into the 9 . Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he 10 have taken home tens of thousands but he had just thrown it away! It's like that 11 people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, but we 12 see the clay shell. It doesn't look like much from the 13 . It isn't always beautiful or shining, so we 14 it. We see that person as less important than someone more 15 or stylish or well known or wealthy. But we haven't taken the time to find the treasure 16 inside that person. There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person and ask God to show us that person the 17 he sees them, then the clay begins to 18 and the brilliant jewel begins to shine forth. May we not come to the 19 of our lives and find out that we've thrown away a 20 in friendships because the gems (宝石) were hidden in balls of clay! May we see the people in our world as God sees them. | ||||
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