knuckles

there are times when we see something / someone - and we get excited because it seems to be … it looks to be

perfect… on the outside…

I was walking on the beach {imagine that} and doing my morning shell hunt…

I noticed a shell that looked "swirly"

laying down in the sand.

I LOVE swirly shells so I ran over

to it… from a distance it was

perfect… so pretty … I wanted it.

As I grabbed it… once it was in my hand and  I turned it over...

I found that it was only a "knuckle"….at least that's what I call them.

A knuckle is a knobby part of a shell, really ugly…not worth keeping to me.

It appeared to be what I wanted - but once I got close and saw the real thing

it was nothing like I wanted.

There were a few times the beautiful swirl from a distance would call to me … trick me

into thinking it was what I was looking for… only to find … a knuckle.

Colossians 2:8