God Looks at the Heart - Thunder Eggs

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God looks at the heart - Thunder Eggs~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ While I was in college, I took a class in Lapidary.
That is the skill of shaping andpolishing rocks. It...
God looks at the heart - Thunder Eggs~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ While I was in college, I took a class in Lapidary. That is the skill of shaping andpolishing rocks.
It was always exciting to cut into a rock for the first time and seewhat it looked like inside.As part of the class, we took several field trips to gather rocks. They came in anamazing array of different colors, textures and other characteristics.
At first, I wouldcome home with large piles of rocks that looked nice, but had problems. They wouldeither break when you tried to cut and polish them, or they could not be polished! It took a while to learn the characteristics of a rock that would produce a beautifulpolished specimen.
It took longer to be able to recognize those characteristics in thefield. And, sometimes it was still a disappointment to cut into a rock that should havehad something beautiful inside, but was not attractive at all.A good example of a rock with a shock is the thunderegg.
Thundereggs are rocksthat are produced where there has been volcanic activity of some type. No oneknows for sure how they are produced, but they look like they started out as ballsof mud that became hardened into rock.
For some reason, the centers of many of them are filled with agate. Sometimes the agate is brightly colored or has interesting patterns in it.
When you cut that type ofthunderegg in half, you have a very pleasant surprise. When polished, these becomemagnificent showpieces for the creativity of God.There is a variation on this theme that is called a geode.
Geodes are similar but in general, they are hollow. Many of them are filled with brilliant crystals of varying sizeand color.These rocks are all ugly on the outside.
They look like lumpy balls of mud. But onthe inside, they often hide incredible beauty.In our lives, we meet many different types of people.
We come in all kinds of differentsizes, shapes and colors. Some people are not really very pleasant to look at.
Somepeople act funny. Some people don't act very nice.
But, people often have somethingdown inside that is very beautiful.The wonderful thing about God --He can look inside us and see what we are really likeHe can see into the future and see what we can become with His helpANDHe is more than willing to make you into that person.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Resources ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Everywhere I have visited in the United States seems to have a small rock shop somewhere nearby. I would suggest that you visit one and get to know the owners.They will be able to help you with many rocks and fossils that will be of help to youin illustrating appropriate lessons.(cut and paste the links into your browser window)Some books on rocks that you might be interested in are:DK Handbooks: Gemstoneswww.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=backpainrelie-20&path=tg/detail/-/1564584984/qid%3D1041969017/sr%3D1-3Gemstones of the World, Revised Editionwww.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=backpainrelie-20&path=tg/detail/-/0806994614Eyewitness: Rocks & Mineralswww.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=backpainrelie-20&path=tg/detail/-/0789458047/qid%3D1041969017/sr%3D1-9National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Mineralswww.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=backpainrelie-20&path=tg/detail/-/0394502698/qid%3D1041969719/sr%3D1-12Eyewitness: Crystal & Gemwww.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=backpainrelie-20&path=tg/detail/-/0789457644/qid%3D1041969719/sr%3D1-16Smithsonian Handbooks: Rocks & Mineralswww.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=backpainrelie-20&path=tg/detail/-/0789491060/qid%3D1041969719/sr%3D1-19~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tracking God News IS PUBLISHED BY: http://www.trackinggod.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ copyright 2002Ron McCluskeyYou may reproduce this newsletter in part or in whole providing that you include thewebsite, contact information and resource links Article Tags: Heart Thunder Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com .