Sleeping on a Pearl?

A fisherman in the Philippines has been sleeping on a pearl that is probably the largest on record at over two feet long and weighing around seventy-five pounds. He found it ten years ago, didn’t realize what it was, put it under his bed, and only recently showed it to others who realized its value. It is estimated to be worth around $100 million.

He found the pearl when the anchor of his fishing boat became wedged beneath a giant clam, once he dislodged the anchor and discovered the pearl in the clam he took the pearl home as a good luck charm.

How many times in life do our anchors become wedged and rather than seeing these situations as possibilities we see them as inconveniences to be dealt with as quickly as possible so that we can move on with our own agendas? How many times do we miss the treasures that our kind heavenly Father has provided for us? How many times do we view things as “luck” rather than as God’s provision?