Have you ever gone shell...
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Have you ever gone shell hunting at an ocean beach? I well remember the beautiful shells
we found at Sanibel Island in Florida.
Every shell seemed to have a special, unique beauty. It was especially productive to be the first one out in the morning, when the tide and waves had carried new shells from the ocean depths.
One time, a friend was finding a beautiful variety of colorful shells. One new one with majestic color sat on a little bar of sand, his intention was to add that one to his collection later. He was gone a very short time, but upon returning saw that the shell had disappeared. A large wave had washed it ashore, carrying with it new shells, but that wave had also pulled the prized beautiful shell back into the sand and water. Revelation 21:5 says, "The old things have disappeared." Regrettably, sometimes we have neglected the new until it is too late to claim them as our own. Remember today is the day of Salvation. "Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:2).
Every shell seemed to have a special, unique beauty. It was especially productive to be the first one out in the morning, when the tide and waves had carried new shells from the ocean depths.
One time, a friend was finding a beautiful variety of colorful shells. One new one with majestic color sat on a little bar of sand, his intention was to add that one to his collection later. He was gone a very short time, but upon returning saw that the shell had disappeared. A large wave had washed it ashore, carrying with it new shells, but that wave had also pulled the prized beautiful shell back into the sand and water. Revelation 21:5 says, "The old things have disappeared." Regrettably, sometimes we have neglected the new until it is too late to claim them as our own. Remember today is the day of Salvation. "Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:2).
