Digging for Diamonds

An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. –Proverbs 31:10

My son has an insatiable love for Minecraft. So, in an effort to hang out with my son, I’ve started playing it with him. It’s actually a fun game. You are dropped into a world with nothing but the clothes on your back and you have to survive. You begin by chopping down wood (yes, with your hand). Eventually you build a pickaxe and start mining for valuable jewels. The most rare jewel in the game is a diamond. In order to find diamonds you have to go into deep, dark caverns, avoiding zombies, skeletons, and the infamous Creepers.

The other day, as my son and I were digging for diamonds, I had one of my friends on my mind. He’s a super nice guy that’s had terrible experiences with the ladies. I hurt for him. He wonders if he’ll ever find an excellent wife.

Meanwhile, we’ve been digging around for about 10 minutes and still no diamonds. Plenty of zombies. Plenty of skeletons. A few pieces of coal. Lots of stone and lots of gravel. But no diamonds. They are quite difficult to find.

And that’s when it hits me that my buddy is having the same problem that we are in Minecraft. He’s digging for a jewel that is hard to find. Let’s be honest, godly women are hard to find. (The same can be said about a godly man). Scripture teaches that because of the fall sin has wrecked both men and women. Finding a woman that has been redeemed by Jesus and is growing in her love for him is a rare jewel indeed.

After a lengthy search we finally find diamonds. My son starts jumping on the bed and dancing like only a five year old can dance. We fought hard for these jewels. We had to work to build an iron pickaxe. We had to kill zombies. We had to dig forever. But finally we found the diamonds—and now we celebrate.

Guys, if you’ve found a diamond you need to celebrate. Celebrate the godly wife that you have. She is rare. Don’t ever forget that.

If you are single and still trying to find that godly wife, keep digging. A precious jewel is going to be hard to find. But when you find her—she’ll be worth the wait. Trust me. The Lord has blessed me with a wife that is far more precious than jewels. She was worth the wait, the struggle, and all the digging. Trust the Lord and keep digging.

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So, what if you find yourself married to a woman that is not a precious jewel? She doesn’t love the Lord. She isn’t growing in love for Jesus. She’s more like the “constant drip” than the precious jewel. First of all, let’s just forget this silly metaphor. Secondly, you need to pray for your wife. Pray that the Lord will work and move in her heart. It is only through the Lord Jesus captivating her heart that she’ll truly be more precious than jewels. Also, make sure that you are godly and growing in your relationship with the Lord.

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