Why are things that are so precious
Hid in things of little worth?
Perhaps to show the life that Christ
would live here are on the earth

Why is a diamond hid in stone
That is known as rough?
Wouldn't clay be far more soft
and not near so tough?

Christ's ways are not our ways
We chose the easy way out
But He knows what He's after
And His treasures are far more stout

Than anything I've see
Formed in mud or pliable clay
Perhaps thats why He makes them thus
And hides them safely away

He forms these precious things in secret
Not on display, like we
He even now is forming
A precious gem in me

He works in quiet places
Unseen by most every eye
Only those who truly seek
Will find where His treasure lies

So seek His treasure in hidden places
Though rough the digging be
Look to Him and find true beauty
Where you didn't expect it to be!

By Kourtney Priest