I Peter 2:4
“Welcome to the living Stone, the source of life. The workmen took one look and threw it out; God set it in the place of honor.”
“You are coming to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God’s temple. He was rejected by people, but he was chosen by God for great honor.”
The rejected stone had no special qualities. It had no beauty or youthfulness. It was ordinary and worn with suffering and grief. Yet it was the one. My eye is always drawn to the opposite. Something like a cornerstone ought to be as beautiful as we can make it, glorifying our Lord by our work and creativity. Yet in the process I will have looked right past the one stone that would provide the strength and character to support the building for eternity. I need more God sight in my life.
Lord, give me your way of seeing that I may choose what is fit for eternity. I always expect to see your beauty in this world you have made. But you have also created other beauty, the kind I don’t easily see. Open my eyes to see as you see. May my sight lead to your service.