Diamond In The Rough

...for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7 b

Have you ever heard "The Master's Hand" poem/song? Quick breakdown: it's about an old violin (analogied to a human life) being auctioned for a few dollars until an old man stands, takes the violin, tunes and plays it. Then it sells for a few thousand dollars. When asked what made the difference in the violin's worth, the auctioneer says, "The touch of the master's hand." The poem is wrong. The value of the violin didn't change AT ALL! The violin was worth just as much before the master played it as it was afterwards. What changed was how the people saw it. The difference was that the master showed how truly valuable the violin was. He knew what it was capable of when the crowd did not. People are often the same. Don't judge a person's worth based on what you can see. God knows they're true value. He sees what we can't. So let's avoid those snap judgements that can devalue a person. Like David, they could be something more special than we could ever imagine.