Marble and Mud

I saw on someone's blog a while back a quote attributed to Nathaniel Hawthorne: "Life is made up of marble and mud."

Isn't that the truth?

The mud is SOOOOO easy to identify. It's cakey presence covers up so many good, beautiful objects of God's glory. If one does not look carefully, she will see only the mud.

Even the mud has its purpose.

But . . . don't forget to look for the marble.