Diamonds are....beautiful

Lesson: Diamonds are known as the most beautiful and most valuable jewels.  Of course, the real expensive ones are quite large and specially cut.  Did you know they cut diamonds?  That is what they call the way they split them into smaller sizes.  They hit them a certain way to break them. Diamonds are not only beautiful, they are also useful.  They are the hardest gem stone in nature!  (“Gem” is another word for jewel).  Because they are so hard, people use them in industry to cut and grind things.  They put a diamond point on special drills to cut very hard things.  The only thing that can really cut a diamond is another diamond! Where do diamonds come from and how do we get them?  They are formed in the earth, from crystals that contain carbon, just like coal but more special.  Then, when there is an earthquake, they are pushed up closer to the surface of the earth.  The first one was found by a child in South Africa, who was playing on the beach and thought he found a pretty stone!  Now there are diamond mines in that place that dig up 3 tons of earth in order to find one diamond!  People also make artificial diamonds, but they are not as fine as the real ones. Application: Diamonds are beautiful and useful.  That is how God makes His things.  The Bible talks of something that is even more valuable that a jewel.  What could it be?  It is someone who speaks with wisdom and knowledge.  Each one of you is like a diamond whose life can be polished up to shine for the Lord. Conclusion: Is that how you are?  Pretty and useful, speaking wisely, shining for Jesus?  That is just exactly what all of you can be, as you love and serve our great God.  He will make His love shine in you and will help you to speak the truth with love and to tell others about Him – wonderful words of wisdom!  More valuable than diamonds!  Would you like that?  Let’s pray and ask Him to help us speak well.