Treasures Can Be Found Everywhere...

Many of you know my background with tennis and how it was tennis that led me to come here from New Zealand for a tennis scholarship. One of the things I've done over the years is collect vintage tennis rackets, which are now becoming much more difficult to find. Recently I found a vintage Spalding racket that dates 1898-1902. I picked it up because it was in excellent shape and the price was next to nothing. My collection of vintage wooden rackets doesn't mean much to me when it comes to financial value, but it does when it comes to historical value. I love things that are old and historical, because there's always a story behind them. I guess that's why I enjoy watching History Detectives. I don't know the whole story behind the racket I just got, but I have gathered some. To some people the racket I found is simply an old relic that's worthless. But to the right person, they see something very different. I guess it's the same way when it comes people. What others consider worthless, old or unusable, God sees them very differently. When God enters a person's life, everything changes. It makes me think of a song from years ago about an old violin. Many of you have heard the song and here's a link to it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMrz6UjQ8Cg. Don't forget what the Lord told Samuel when he came to anoint the king in 1 Samuel 16:7, "Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." When it comes to people, never base things simply on what you see, because often there's a treasure to be found in them :)