The use of the word for the color was first recorded in the late 17th century, describing a specific flower in a garden as "pinks", flowering plants in the genus Dianthus.
A pearl is a hard, generally spherical object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk.
A pearl forms when some irritant enters the mollusk shell. The mantle epithelium encloses the irritant in a sac and secretes layers of nacre, or pearl, around the particle in concentric layers. The oyster makes something beautiful out of a problem.
Matthew 13: Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.
Last night I received a gift from a dear friend,
a gift that is pink - celebrating me and all the other women were are healed or are healing from breast cancer. Or who are GOING to be healed in the present!
a gift that is pearls - the really cool biological feat that oysters do when they have something inside their shell that irritates, they build layers around it so they can go on happily with their lives. Happy as clams, or oysters..
a gift that is pearls - representing God's Kingdom available for us, worth every penny, every minute, every ounce of energy.. for God's Kingdom in all its glory and splendor.
a gift that is a gift - given because they care. She wears one too. I'm not in this alone. You all are showing me that. I'm learning. Mike's learning. Lessons of the heart and soul.
P.S. Here's where she bought my pink pearl bracelet ... they are absolutely beautiful pearls ... I want to wear something pink, and this is the perfect thing. So so so cool!
Robert David Pearls. www.robertdavidpearls.com
Ephesians 1 (The Message)
It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for.
Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.
