{"id":191,"date":"2006-07-05T17:29:19","date_gmt":"2006-07-05T22:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=191"},"modified":"2017-04-17T22:09:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T02:09:30","slug":"191","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/191\/","title":{"rendered":"","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-images\/Shell.jpg\" alt=\"Shell\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>ARE<\/strong> not some of the best things in life hidden?<\/p>\n<p>The coolest, cleanest water is usually found deep within the ground. Gold, silver, and precious jewels are disguised by rough stone and minerals. Nebulae, birthing stars, and colorful galaxies can only be seen with telescopes. Then there is the pearl within the oyster; the milk within the coconut; the nectar within the flower.<\/p>\n<p><em>But do we recognize the great gift that lies hidden within suffering?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When we are ill-treated by a co-worker or a store clerk, do we recognize <em>the<\/em> opportunity to die to self? When small irritations befall us, do we see this as <em>the<\/em> occasion to grow in virtue? When we feel dry and desolate, do we recognize this as <em>the<\/em> moment to exercise faith?<\/p>\n<p>The spiritual life is reflected in nature. For beneath the bland, rough, and unremarkable surface of the <em>present moment<\/em>, lies the Pearl of Grace to transform us.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><code>...although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.  <\/code><em><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>&#8211;Matt 11:25<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-images\/Pearl.jpg\" alt=\"Pearl\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARE not some of the best things in life hidden? The coolest, cleanest water is usually found deep within the ground. Gold, silver, and precious jewels are disguised by rough stone and minerals. Nebulae, birthing stars, and colorful galaxies can only be seen with telescopes. 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