Quiet and calm yourself in his grasp (Isaiah 30:15)
Understand who and whose you are (Romans 8:15)
Authentic relatioships with Jesus and a small community of believers
Rescue mission for your heart is in progress (Isaiah 61:1-4)
Trust and do not be afraid (Isaiah12:2)
Zealously seeking all that He is and savoring the journey (Romans 12:11)
That's what quartz stands for and ultimately hopes to bring to Christ and to many women that choose to read this. As always, Christ has a story here.
One day several years ago while driving my little green 2-door escort (the first car I ever bought and owned all by myself!) to work in downtown Jacksonville, I heard God say study quartz rocks. I was reading Elizabeth George's, "A Woman After God's Own Heart" and one of the things that stuck out to me was become an expert in a few things (the 5 file folder concept). So, not being a science girl (I prefer English much more!), I thought I was going out of my mind. I didn't like to even get dirty, but now God was asking me to study rocks. Made no sense to me, but I did it anyway. What I learned transformed the way I look at my relationship with Christ.
You see the process starts in the center of the Earth with the hot magma. As it flows out of a volcano, the heat mixing with the cooler air makes condensation or water beadlets or sometimes streams of water. The water mixes with the magma and as the magma cools, the magma forms a rock and the water forms crystals on the inside.
I believe that God gave me this picture of our relationship with Him. We go through hot, refining times. He is always with us (remember, He is the living water). His beauty is reflected from the inside out.
So, here are my questions to you. Write down what others say is beautiful about you. Write down what you say is beautiful about you. Write down what God says is beautiful about you.
Be bold! Be brave! Be you!
